Assam CM Tarun Gogoi Praises PM Modi's MP Model Village Scheme

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has praised PM Modi's 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana', but felt it would take more than 50 years to cover six lakh villages in the country.

"Modi's Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana is laudable. However, it would take more than 50 years to cover six lakh villages in the country," the chief minister's office said in a release.

"The Yojana needs to be taken up in a vigorous manner if we want to see acche din and a clean India," Gogoi said.

Gogoi had earlier welcomed Modi's Clean India campaign and took part in a cleanliness operation in Guwahati, following which Modi had praised him. With a view to developing rural India, Modi had last week launched SAGY, or MP Model Village Scheme.