Patna, June 22 -- union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai Monday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an architect of development and a champion of the poor, asserting that the welfare of economically weaker and backward sections remains at the core of the union government's policies.
Addressing an Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) conference at Shri Krishna Memorial Hall, Rai said here that the Modi government has established new benchmarks in development, good governance, and social empowerment over the past few years.
He said the Centre's welfare schemes are focused on the poor, deprived, backward, and extremely backward sections of society and are ensuring that the benefits of development reach the last person in the social hi...