<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused the previous Congress-led UPA government of leaving a large number of villages un-electrified despite remaining in power most of the time after Independence. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He was interacting with the beneficiaries of Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana and Saubhagya Yojana through video conferencing. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Modi said it was unfortunate that over 18,000 villages in the country were not electrified in the last 70 years. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Prime Minister said 28th of April this year was a historic day for India's development story as Leisang village of Manipur became the last village in the country to be connected to a power grid.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Modi said on the 15th August, 2015, he had made a promise to electrify every village in 1000 days. He said under Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Gram Jyoti Yojana government strived to reach all dark corners of India. </span><br />''