President, Pranab Mukherjee handed over free LPG connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana on Saturday on his visit to Jangipur as the scheme for BPL families.
Minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan, local MLA and state minister Jakir Hossein, and local MP Abhijeet Mukherjee attended the programme at Jangipur Bhawan along with CPM, Congress and Trinamool panchayat members.
“The Prime Minister has taken a good initiative by connecting BPL families with LPG gas. I also support GST. Everybody here will benefit.” said the president.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to micro blooging site Twitter and said: “Ujjwala Yojana continues to expand its reach! Extremely delighted that today the number of beneficiaries crossed 2.5 crores.”
he PM also heaped praise on Pradhan and his team: I congratulate minister @dpradhanbjp and his entire team that has been working round the clock for the success of Ujjwala Yojana.”
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