Shah emphasised the government's developmental initiatives taken up earlier. "We have set up a medical park in Nalagarh which will give jobs to 10,000 people. We've also built the Atal tunnel that'll promote tourism," he said.
Union Home Minister in his address to the poll-bound Himachal Pradesh put forth BJP's achievements and attacked the Congress alleging it made the state its "tourist spot".
"It was the belief of many that if Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had been the first prime minister of India the country would not have faced many problems," said Shah on the 147th birth anniversary of Patel, the first Home Minister of India.
Shah said, "I am not against learning any language. One can learn, English, German, Russian or French. There is no problem in it. But don't leave your own language."
A total of 63 police officers having different ranks from Constable to Additional Director General of Police have been awarded the 'Union Home Minister's Special Operation Medal-2022' on Sardar Patel's birth anniversary.
Taking to Twitter, the Home Minister said he is "deeply saddened" by the accident which took place earlier in the day when the bridge, which was recently reopened for the public after renovation, collapsed as it could not bear the weight of the people standing on it.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each of those who lost their lives after a cable bridge collapsed in Gujarat's Morbi with several feared dead.
Jammu and Kashmir Saini Sabha called it a "historic" decision by the government that is for the "socio-economic development of the weaker and neglected sections of the society".