PM accused the government’s critics of having a “congenital habit” of working against the BJP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to BJP veteran L.K. Advani during a workshop in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo : PTI)
New Delhi: At a workshop, with BJP patriarch L.K. Advani and parliamentary affairs minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on the dais, Mr Modi, in his hour-long speech, listed initiatives in making toilets, pension, ‘beti bachao, beti padao’ (save girl, educate girl), housing-for-all, besides the relaxation in the criteria for rainfall-hit farmers to get compensation which has been increased.
“How much lies are being spread! But you should have trust in people and tell them confidently about our programmes, talk heart-to-heart and they will laud you,” the PM told party MPs. He accused the government’s critics of having a “congenital habit” of working against the BJP.
Having faced a lot of criticism for being “silent” on the utterances of BJP MPs against the minorities, the PM specifically said, while taking about education for girls, that “they are the most deprived, and the country cannot progress if daughters of our Muslim families remain uneducated”. “Similar is the case with dalits, OBCs and tribals,” he said.
Striking a combative posture amid the Congress attacks against his government, Mr Modi listed efforts to curb corruption in MGNREGS, direct transfer of subsidies and the Jan Dhan scheme for the poor as measures intended to help them. “We are working to provide a house to everybody. Who are the people who do not have a house? Who will benefit from it? The rich? Are we doing it for the owner of some TV channel or newspaper? Are we going to build a house for Mukesh Ambani? Who are those people who don’t have houses?” the PM asked.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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