JALANDHAR, May 3 : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said here today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did for Punjab which no other Government did in the past.Speaking to different groups of people in the course of his Mandal and polling booth level campaigning for BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha by-election, Dr Jitendra Singh said that for almost 7 decades since independence, the state of Punjab was being ruled mostly by Congress or other non-BJP parties. But it was only after Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister that he addressed all the pending issues of the people of Punjab with a deep sense of sensitivity.Citing an example, the Minister said, the demand to open up Kartarpur corridor had been pending ever since independence and neither Congress nor Akali Dal government gave priority to it but when Modi took over as Prime Minister, he took a firm decision and got the corridor created for the benefit of the Sikh pilgrims going across the border to offer prayers at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan.
