Nagaland BJP legislators celebrate Modi's birthday by adopting villages

In this image shared on Twitter by Nagaland Deputy CM, Y Patton, BJP Nagaland legislators and others gathered for the ‘Article370 Sampark Abhiyan and Jan Jagaran Abhiyan Meeting’ in Wokha on September 18 are seen at his residence before the event. (Photo Courtesy: @YanthungoPatton/Twitter)

Dimapur, September 19 (MExN): The Nagaland State BJP Legislators today decided to take the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “inspirational and visionary programme” – Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), down to the Assembly Constituency (AC) level by adopting a particular village from each others’ constituencies.

This decision was taken by the Legislators in a meeting held at the official residence of the Deputy Chief Minister and BLP Leader Y  Patton on September 19 in the  presence of State President, Temjen Imna Along, Ministers and Advisors, a press release issued by Media Cell, Dy CMO stated.

“BJP Legislators of Nagaland celebrating weeklong Prime Minister’s 69th Birthday as 'Seva Saptah,' have decided to lead the way in adopting Villages,” it said.

It added that SAGY is a rural development programme broadly focusing upon the development in the villages which includes social development, cultural development and spread motivation among the people on social mobilization of the village community.

The programme was launched nationwide by Modi on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan on October 11, 2014.

Under SAGY, each Member of Parliament adopts a Gram Panchayat and guides its holistic progress giving importance for social development at par with infrastructure, the release said.

The Prime Minister Modi, in his speech at the launching of SAGY, also urged that even the Member of the Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) at the State level must adopt villages in line with the programme, it added.