New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday made an emotional appeal to the people of Uttarakhand to return the ruling Congress to power in the state.
He also promised a series of sops for Uttarakhand including aid for the Kumbh Mela.
Singh said that the Centre will provide all possible financial aid for the Kumbh Mela at Haridwar, set up a horticulture zone for exports in Roorkee and open industrial parks at Udham Singh Nagar and other areas.
Lashing out at the BJP, Manmohan Singh said, "The BJP government did nothing except changing its chief ministers."
However, Singh made no mention of the party's chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming polls in the wake of incumbent N D Tiwari's decision not to contest elections.
"I have spent few years in this beautiful state. I have great attachment with this state. It is my dream to see Uttarakhand as a developed state," Singh said.
The Centre has already given Rs 100 crore for the Kumbh Mela and started a new rail link between Muzaffarnagar and Haridwar.
New roads are being built along the Indo-China border and the Delhi-Dehra Dun highway will be widened to four to six lanes.
"If the Congress government continues for another five years, the landscape of Uttarakhand would become so beautiful that we cannot imagine today," he said.
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