With these few words, I support the Interim Budget and wish that the UPA Government comes back to power in the next election. Now, the last speaker for the today is Shri S.K. Bwiswmuthiary. Please keep the time limit in mind while making your speech. Madam Chairperson. I am grateful to you for giving me an opportunity to speak on the Interim Budget for 2009-2010. But I must be frank in expressing my opinion about this Budget. I am not at all happy about this Budget. I may be happy for the broad-base policy and approaches adopted for the whole nation, but at the same time I am extremely sorry to apprise you of the fact that no concrete and effective policy measures have been found or have been mentioned in this particular Budget for the overall development of the backward regions of the country, particularly, with special mention to my Bodoland Territory. I would like to appeal to the Government of India, through you, that no discriminatory policy should be adopted against the tribal people, and against the backward people of the whole country. I would like to appeal to the Government of India to take appropriate steps to provide minimum of Rs. 500 crore per annum to the Bodoland Territorial Council Administration for augmenting overall socioeconomic educational development of the people living within my Bodoland Territory. Here, I am extremely sorry to remind the Government of India of the fact on 16 January 2006 the present hon. Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, had visited a place called Salakati in Kokrajhar district in order to lay t he foundation stone of one power plant project of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). He had assured us of a minimum allocation of Rs. 500 crore for the next five years.
