Nabarangpur, Feb 22: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who arrived here on a one-day Odisha visit today, said Odisha needs the BJP-led double-engine government for development.

"The BJP is the only party in the country which executes its promises. We had promised to abrogate Article 370, we did it. We promised to lift the Teen Talak system, we did it. The BJP's straightforwardness is people-centric and pro-people," said Rajnath Singh. 

The Union Defence Minister was addressing the his party BJP's Parliamentary and Assembly-level workers'meeting here. 

Highlighting other major achievements of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government, the Defence Minister said terrorism has been addressed to a greater extent. As many as two crore women have been made lakhpati. Aayushman Bharat Yojana has been introduced to provide proper healthcare to the poor people of the country. 

He said the highest number of beneficiaries have been registered to get government schemes during the Narendra Modi Government. He said each Parliamentary constituency has now 11 lakh beneficiaries of government schemes. 

The BJP veteran said the country's overall situation has changed after the Modi government was first formed in 2014.   

"We are doing politics only for the development of the country and people. People are god for us. So we are introducing schemes for their interest," claimed Singh.  

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