NDA MPs Felicitate PM Modi for Big Victory in Bihar
Stressing that the NDA government's reforms are completely citizen-centric and not just economic or revenue-focused, Mr Modi said the goal is to remove everyday hurdles of people so that they can grow to their full potential.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government’s priority in its third term is to make people's lives easy. At the NDA parliamentary party meeting, Mr Modi stressed that no law should be a burden on any citizen, and rules and regulations should always be for people's convenience.
Addressing the meeting in the national capital after being felicitated by the NDA members for the alliance’s victory in Bihar, Mr Modi said the country is now in a full-fledged "Reform Express" phase, where reforms are happening rapidly and with clear intent.
“Earlier today, attended a meeting of NDA MPs. We discussed various issues, notably ways to further our good governance agenda to realise our dream of a Viksit Bharat,” Mr Modi posted on X after the meeting. The PM is likely to host a dinner for the NDA MPs later this week.
Stressing that the NDA government's reforms are completely citizen-centric and not just economic or revenue-focused, Mr Modi said the goal is to remove everyday hurdles of people so that they can grow to their full potential.
Briefing the media after the meeting, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said the Prime Minister gave good guidelines for the lawmakers and conveyed that the most significant issue in the third term of his government is the Reform Express.
The parliamentary affairs minister said that the Narendra Modi government's Reform Express targets to change the life of every citizen. "The Prime Minister has stressed that whatever law is framed, it should have no provision which is harmful or causes inconvenience to any citizen. The rules and laws should not become a burden on the life of a common citizen. Everyone must ensure that rules and regulations are for the convenience of the common people and improve their lives," he said.
Quoting Mr Modi, the Union minister said rules and regulations must be for improving the system, not to harass people, and there should be no law which harasses people without any reason.
"Now we will work in this direction. The Central government, the state governments and the local self-governing bodies, like the municipalities and panchayats, all should work in (this) direction...," Mr Rijiju said.
Sources said Mr Modi urged the MPs to actively share real problems faced by ordinary people so that the Reform Express can reach every household and remove day-to-day hardships.
The Prime Minister also said he wants to end the culture of 30-40 page forms and unnecessary paperwork, stressing that there is a need to provide services at citizens' doorsteps and eliminate repeated data submissions, the sources said.
The Prime Minister recalled that the government trusted citizens by allowing self-certification, and this has worked successfully for 10 years without misuse. He stressed that both ease of life and ease of doing business are the top priorities of his government, sources said.
Earlier, Mr Modi was garlanded by JD(U) leader Sanjay Jha and Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief Upendra Kushwaha, both Rajya Sabha members.
In the 243-member Bihar Assembly, which went to polls last month, the NDA secured 202 seats, paving the way for JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar to return as chief minister for the 10th time.
