Overview
- Speaking at the national Tribal Pride Day event in Dediapada, Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai’s leadership in Chhattisgarh.
- Modi highlighted growing tribal participation in national leadership and singled out Chhattisgarh’s significant role in that shift.
- He said Chhattisgarh under a tribal chief minister is seeing broad-based progress across sectors, linking the push to his governance mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.
- Modi referenced his recent inauguration in Raipur of the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Memorial and Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum, calling it a national heritage symbol of tribal history and culture.
- Responding to the praise, Sai thanked the Prime Minister and reaffirmed commitments to tribal empowerment and expanded services, with local reporting noting the acknowledgment was widely welcomed in the state.