Chennai: “The overhead tank is very clean in Delhi,” Union information and broadcasting minister M. Venkaiah Naidu, said in his own inimitable style summing up the performance of the BJP-led government at the Centre under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The black money issue, which surfaced during the previous UPA regime, has been effectively curbed now, he added.
Many people had stashed their black money in foreign banks and after the BJP captured power, the generation of black money was effectively curbed.
“If Lok Sabha elections are conducted today, Prime Minister Modi will surely come to power with majority. Our biggest achievement during the three-year rule is that there are no corruptions or scams,” he said.
Compared to the scams and corruption witnessed during the previous Congress regime, “the overhead tank is very clean in Delhi,” Mr Venkaiah told reporters after inaugurating a seven-day exhibition as part of “Modi-fest” to mark the third anniversary of the Narendra Modi government. As a result of the good governance and clean administration, India is recognised and respected at the international level.
“The entire world is focusing on India. World economy is slowing down. The US' growth rate is 3 per cent. In India, it is around seven plus per cent,” he said. The Minister claimed that as per a survey, Mr Modi will again be elected as Prime Minister (if elections were to be held). “That is the mood of the nation,” he added.
They are not worried about freedom of press but are against Modi: Those who protested against CBI raids on the promoters of NDTV were in reality not concerned about freedom of the press, Mr Naidu said. They protested due to their opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said. “What were these people doing then, those who were shouting yesterday? What happened to them when the Congress was in power?....Why this propaganda against our government? Because they are not able to digest Modi....Modi is the most democratic Prime Minister of this country; most dynamic,” he asserted.
CBI had said that the inquiry started in 2011-12, the minister who also holds the urban development, housing and urban poverty alleviation portfolios, said.
He said CBI did not enter the NDTV office. There were some questions about some diversion from promoters. They should respond to that,” he said.
