BJP national secretary Rituraj Sinha said his will bring out more clarity on Inner Line Permit issue during the announcement of its manifesto.
Talking to reporters in Shillong, Sinha said, BJP is looking at the pros and the cons of ILP as Meghalaya is a state which is heavily dependent on tourists.
“As regards to the ILP and other such issues, we are happy to discuss all these issues. We have to look at the pros and the cons as Meghalaya is a state which is heavily dependent on tourists. There are implications of ILP on tourism and tourism directly impacts job creation and earning of people of Meghalaya also,” the BJP leader said.
Hinting that BJP is actively considering ILP as one of its agenda in manifesto, Sinha assured, “Yes, we understand that the culture of Meghalaya has to be protected, the people and their way of life have to be protected but at the same time, we need to also balance that with the development and aspiration of the people of the state. So BJP is actively considering and we will bring out more clarity on this matter during our manifesto announcement.”
He further stated that there is no dispute or doubts in anyone’s mind that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has converted the Look East policy of the Congress government in the past to Act East Policy.
“The financial resources committed for infrastructure in the North East have more than doubled in the last 8 years whether it is highways, whether it is rail connectivity, whether it is airports – so much has happened in different parts of the North East. Similarly all the benefit schemes of the poor, they are being spread whether it is free home or free gas, electricity connection, water connection, all these schemes have been drawn,” he said.