India, Jan. 14 -- LUCKNOW Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday listed out the central government's welfare projects for the weaker sections of society, emphasising that the NDA is committed to the welfare of backward communities.

"The NDA is a family, not just an alliance, and the Nishad Party is part of this family. All parties in the alliance are working unitedly with full strength in line with Modi ji's vision," he emphasised.

The minister was in Lucknow to attend multiple events, including the 13th Sankalp Diwas of the Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (Nishad Party) headed by Sanjay Kumar Nishad, cabinet minister of fisheries department in the state government.

The Nishad community, a backward class of f...