Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the critics of the Central Vista Project while inaugurating the Defence Offices Complexes in New Delhi on Thursday. The PM said those who were attacking the Central Vista Project would conveniently remain silent as 7,000 employees of the Defence ministry and the armed forces shift to the two new multi-storey office complexes. The Defence Offices Complexes are a part of the Rs 20,000-crore Central Vista Project.
“Today, the country is watching what we are doing with the Central Vista. These modern offices will help those connected with the work of national security in working effectively,” Modi said, adding that it was “a major and significant step towards the development of a modern defence enclave in the capital.”
PM Modi said that when he first came to power in 2014, he felt that the government offices and Parliament were not in a good condition. Then referring to the redevelopment of the Central Secretariat area that houses all important offices and headquarters of the government and also the Parliament, he said: “I could have done it in 2014, but I did not choose that path. First, I decided to make a memorial for the brave soldiers who protect the dignity and the pride of the country, who live and struggle for the country, those who get martyred for the nation.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the Defence Offices Complex, in New Delhi, Thursday, September 16, 2021. Union Minister for Defence…
