Taking a jibe at the opposition in the LokSabha on Tuesday, Prime Minister NarendraModi said that before 2014, every day, new scams were taking place and after his government came to power the country came out of the pit of despair.
Replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in LokSabha, the Prime Minister said that we will dedicate every moment of our time to making Viksit Bharat.
“When a nation develops, it lays a foundation for the dreams of future generations. When India becomes developed, there is a significant improvement in the condition of our villages and cities. A developed India means that every citizen has many opportunities available to them, enabling them to reach new heights of progress. We will dedicate every moment of our time to making India developed,” he said.
“Before 2014, there was a period of scams after scams, our country had sunk into a pit of despair. The greatest loss before 2014 was the loss of self-confidence among the citizens. People used to say that nothing can be done for this country. Before 2014, these were the words we heard. ‘Roz nayeghotalehote the.Ghotalebazokeghotale, isika ye kaalkhandtha’ (Every day, new scams were taking place. It was an era of scams by scamsters). This world of scams had plunged us into a pit of despair. Nepotism was so widespread that ordinary young people had lost hope. People had to make rounds of MPs’ offices just to get a gas connection,” PM Modi added.
Further, the Prime Minister emphasized that in his ten years of governance, he has achieved many milestones, but the biggest one was pulling the country out of the pit of despair and bringing it to the heights of hope.
“Those who said before 2014 that nothing could be done are now saying that everything is possible in this country. We instilled this confidence. Now, India can do anything. The results of swift decision-making after 2014 are that today Indian banks are among the most profitable in the world. Before 2014, terrorists could attack whenever they wanted, and the government would remain silent. Today, post-2014, India enters their homes and strikes. We conduct surgical strikes, and airstrikes, and demonstrate the capability to teach a lesson to the masterminds of terrorism. For its security, India can do anything today,” PM Modi asserted.
Speaking on Article 370, the PM said that those who worshipped Article 370 had ruined the condition of Jammu and Kashmir.
“People who upheld the constitution on their heads did not want to implement it in J-K. Today, after the wall of Article 370 has fallen, stone-pelting has stopped, democracy is strong, and people are coming forward in large numbers to vote, trusting the Indian constitution,” the Prime Minister said.
Exuding confidence that his government will work with more pace this time, Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday said that his government will work three times more faster and the results would be three times more that than delivered in the first term of the BJP government to the people of the country.
This comes after his government comes to power for the third successive time- 2014, 2019, 2024.
Replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in LokSabha, the Prime Minister said that this is the first time in Congress’s history that they have not crossed the 100-seat mark three times in a row.
“Third term means we will work three times faster. We will deliver three times the results to the people of this country. NDA coming to power for the third time is a historic event. After independence, this privilege has come for the second time in this country and after 60 years. Achieving this feat comes after a lot of hard work,” PM Modi said.
“Along with the LokSabha elections, elections were also held in four states, and NDA achieved unprecedented success in all of them. In Andhra Pradesh, NDA made a clean sweep. We received blessings in Odisha. In Sikkim and Arunachal, we formed the government again. BJP opened its account in Kerala this time, and our MP is proudly sitting here. BJP has registered a strong presence in many seats in Tamil Nadu. In UP and Rajasthan, BJP’s vote percentage has increased compared to last time,” the Prime Minister added.
Further, he pointed out that the BJP has increased its voter percentage in the states where elections will be held in the coming days.
“Now elections are coming up in Maharashtra, Haryana, and Jharkhand. We have received more votes in these three states in the recent LokSabha elections than what we got in the previous assembly elections here. We have also made gains in Punjab. The blessings of the people are with us,” the PM said.
Listing out the failures and rampant corruption of the UPA government which was in power prior to 2014, PM Modi said, “There was a period of scams when it was shamelessly accepted publicly that if Rupee 1 is sent from Delhi, only 15 paise reaches. In Rupee 1, there is a scam of 85 paise. This world of scams had drowned the country in the depths of despair. There was policy paralysis, we were in the fragile 5…If a poor person wants to buy a house, he had to give bribe of thousands of rupees. For gas connection, people had to make rounds to the MPs and even then they did not get a gas connection.”
Prime Minister Modi also compared the BJP’s governance with that of UPA’s while tackling terrorism, he said, “There was a time before 2014 when terrorists could come and attack wherever they wanted. Innocent people were killed, every corner of India was targeted and the governments used to sit quietly. 2014 kebaadka Hindustan gharmeinghuskarmaartahain.”
PM Modi mentioned that there was a time when people used to think that “Issdeshkakuchnahihosakta” are now witnessing the era of change in the country.
“There was a time before 2014 when those 7 words (Issdeshkakuchnahihosakta) had settled in the minds of the people of India, the society was drowned in the depths of despair, then the people of the country chose us to serve them and that moment started the era of change in the country and in the last 10 years my government has had many successes, many achievements, but one achievement which filled everyone with strength, was to pull the country out of the depths of despair and stand with hope and faith, self-confidence was built in the country…The country started believing, those who used to say before 2014 that nothing can happen, started saying that anything can happen in this country, everything is possible in this country, we did the work of instilling this confidence.”
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