Gangtok, April 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked Congress and accused the Opposition party of hindering Sikkim's development in the past.

Addressing Sikkim's 50th Year of Statehood celebrations in Gangtok, PM Modi called Sikkim and the Northeast, India's Ashtalakshmi and affirmed the Centre's Act East and Act Fact policy.

Prime Minister Modi said, "What the BJP government is achieving now could have been accomplished much earlier. However, successive Congress governments consistently hindered Sikkim's development. For example, the Sivok-Rangpo railway line was approved in 2008-09, but there was no progress on the ground. After the BJP came to power at the Centre, development gained momentum. For the first time, a ra...