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Shah unveils grand statue of Maharaja Agrasen in Haryana’s Agroha

Agroha (Haryana), Mar 31 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday unveiled the grand statue of Maharaja Agrasen, inaugurated the newly constructed ICU, and laid the foundation stone for the PG hostel at Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Hisar.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
In his address, Shah said the land of Haryana has worked to enrich and preserve India’s culture, values, and traditions since ancient times. He said, from Mahabharata time to the freedom struggle and even after independence, Haryana’s contribution to the development of the country has always been far greater than that of the larger states.
Shah said that in this large hospital, where nearly five lakh people avail OPD services, 180 children graduate in medical education every year, and patients receive various types of modern medical facilities, all of this is possible due to the foundation laid by OP Jindal.
The union home minister said that Maharaja Agrasen was a unique kind of ruler, and it is said that in his time, the capital had a population of one lakh people. Whenever a new person arrived there, they were given a brick and one rupee by every individual to help them build a house.
Shah said that Maharaja Agrasen paved the way for the prosperity and welfare of every individual without burdening the state. He said that Maharaja Agrasen worked to nurture the values of the entire state. Maharaja Agrasen ensured that no one in his kingdom went hungry to bed, no one lived without a roof over their head, and no one was without work.
Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also following the path shown by Maharaja Agrasen. He mentioned that during Prime Minister Modi’s 10-year tenure, 25 crore people in the country have risen above the poverty line.
He said that Prime Minister Modi has provided four crore houses, 5 kg free ration per person per month to 81 crore people, gas connections to 11 crore families, and toilets to 12 crore families. He said that the first government in the country to provide toilets in every house was the Haryana Government.
He added that the Modi Government has provided 15 crore people with piped water, health coverage of up to 5 lakh for 60 crore people, electricity to every household, and is now working through cooperatives to provide self-employment to every household.

Shah said that the Saini government in Haryana provided 80,000 jobs to youth in a transparent manner, without bribes or recommendations. He also pointed out that Haryana’s athletes have won three times more medals in the last 10 years, Haryana is the largest exporter of Basmati rice, and one in every 10 soldiers in the army is from the North Indian state.
The union Home minister said that Haryana’s budget, which was previously Rs 37,000 crore, has now been increased to Rs 2 lakh crore under the Nayab Saini government.
He mentioned that between 2004 and 2014, Haryana received Rs 41,000 crore from the central government, while the Modi government has provided Haryana with Rs 1.43 lakh crore between 2014 and 2024.
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