Janjivan Bureau / NEW DELHI : During Motion of thanks on President speech in Loksabha,Prime Minister Narendra Modi Today tore into the Congress during his speech in Lok Sabha . Mr Modi directly attacked the Nehru- Gandhis and the Congress, blaming them for India’s partition; he also said democracy is India’s tradition and his government does not need a lesson on it
Full Text of the Modi speech
I reiterate to those in the Congress that to achieve big things, you need to be have a big heart. My appeal to all of you present here is that we have to create a new India. Let us work together to fulfil the dreams of the people: PM Modi in Lok Sabha
The nation’s army was standing ground in Doklam but leaders of one party preferred to meet Chinese officials. The same party questions the army on surgical strikes. It was a time when the government, the opposition and all parties should’ve stood together: PM Modi in Lok Sabha
I have proof of how the Congress looted and plundered India. You will pay for your sins. Time has come for you to be held accountable and answerable to the people of India.
The workings of our previous government are responsible for the NPA mess. They are 100% responsible and nobody else. The banking policies of the previous governments were not proper. The middlemen were happy but the country was suffering.
Loans were given without any scrutiny, they were distributed like sweets. Your bad decisions have directly been the reason for failures.
It was for the nations benefit that I was silent when you kept saying whatever you wanted. I worked silently for the benefit of the nation… but the time has come for the people to know the truth. Of how the Congress had completely ruined the nation. I stand here to in the Parliament – the temple of democracy – and say on record that the entire failure and the entire problem of India’s NPAs are because of you. Since we have come to power not a single such case has happened.
I know the Government’s efforts to eliminate corruption & black money are hurting a select group of people. Today, people who served as Chief Ministers are in jail. However powerful one was, if one has been corrupt, that person will be punished. We are in an era of honesty.
India’s middle class desires good education facilities, affordable housing, good infrastructure. They want ‘Ease of Living’ which we are committed to providing. You keep shouting, we’ll keep working.
The Congress just doesn’t know how to deal with all the work they see being done. When the GST happened, and they saw its success, they didn’t know how to react, so they made a joke of it.
The real reason for these upset lot of people you see is that when the corrupt and middlemen are out of work, the Congress will obviously be unhappy.
When our Government took office in 2014, the chorus from the opposition was – Modi will scrap Aadhaar, but when we made Aadhaar more effective in terms of enabling better and effective service delivery, suddenly the opposition began opposing Aadhaar.
While our government opened bank accounts for the poor and ensured that pensions and transfers benefit the poor farmer, the housewife, old people and widows, the Congress in their time looted the poor by opening pension accounts and gave monetary benefits to widows for those who were never even born. Money was laundered and went to the pockets in the name of widows who were never born in the first place. Speaks a lot about your values and your work.
Our government had the opportunity to prepare an aviation policy that focuses on smaller cities, towns so that more Indians can fly. Today, tier-2 and tier-3 towns in India are getting air connectivity. Almost a thousand new aircraft have been ordered. So, who is doing the work
A government that talked about 21st century could not bring an aviation policy. Then what kind of a 21st century did they talk about, the one with bullock carts.
Employment rate is increasing but you have closed your eyes. You are busy singing your songs. The truth is that you have never worked with a large heart. You have always catered for petty, selfish and personal gains. You need to think beyond yourself, you need to think about others, you need to have a large heart to work for the country. Sadly, that is not the case with you. Watch, learn and try to mend your ways
You might say whatever you want, but people are seeing and experiencing the change. Take the Northeast for example: Congress never did anything for the Northeast. I urge you to go there and see for yourself the sheer magnitude of work being done there now.
The impact of Start-up India, Mudra Yojana, Entrepreneurship scheme, Skill India, and Make in India reveal that the truth is far from what the Congress believes and says.
I can see the energy and enthusiasm in our youth. They want to do something on their own, they want to launch their own start-ups. Our government is giving wings to the aspirations of India’s middle class.
10 crore loans have been given under the PM Mudra Yojana. Not a single case of robbery, not a single complaint.10 crore loans are not a small number my friends, it is providing jobs to many more.
Stop misleading the country by false statements on jobs and employment. The truth is quite the opposite.
Your slogans and shouting will never be able to stop me. So, you can continue wasting your time.
On independence day, I had said, multiple times, that key legislations have been passed and important decisions were taken thanks to the efforts of ALL parties, including the Congress. I gave credit where it was due… I challenge you to show me a single Congress Prime Minister who has ever said something like this… who has given due credit. No, for them there is nothing outside the family.
The way people of Rajasthan were misled about the Barmer refinery was appalling. Just for votes, lies were said. It is in the last three years that the Government of India and the Rajasthan Government worked together to sort out the pending issues.
I know it pains you to hear all this, but the people of this nation already gave you a bitter pill to swallow few years ago. Many of you have still not come to terms with it, but hear some more…:
The approvals by the Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka made it possible to work quickly on the rail line. We do not bother who is the local MP or MLA, which party they belong to. We serve the nation and care for 125 crore Indians.
Since (Mallikarjun) Kharge Ji spoke about railways and Karnataka, let me tell the truth about the Bidar-Kalburgi rail line. The project was approved by the Vajpayee Government and from 2004 till 2013 nothing was done. It is when a Government under BS Yeddyurappa gave approvals that work could begin.
More villages are getting optical fibre network in the last three years than they got under all Congress-led governments. Just look at the transformation that’s happening now.
When we compare the work done in 3 years of the NDA government to that done by the Congress in the past, when we compare the facts, figures and numbers… well, what comparison are we even talking about…there is none. The Congress has failed the people miserably, so let me give you the numbers.
In December, did we witness an ‘election’ or coronation for the post of Congress President? One youngster raised his voice about this as well.
If Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel would have been the first prime minister of the country, entire Kashmir would have been ours.
What started from Independence has now become the only thing that Congress does – defend one family.
After independence, right from the start, if you had worked sincerely and honestly for the people of the country, India would have been miles ahead of where it is today. But all you were interested in was to promote one person and his family.
When Rajiv Gandhi landed in Hyderabad, how did he behave with a Congress leader Mr. T Anjaiah. He humiliated a big leader, who did not belong to a privileged background.
How did the Congress act in Kerala, how did they treat the Akali Dal in Punjab, how did they behave in Tamil Nadu? Why did Congress dismiss so many state governments at their will. This is no commitment to democracy.
We cannot forget how the Congress insulted Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, a proud son of Andhra Pradesh. They humiliated him. Nobody in India needs lessons on democracy from the Congress Party.
India did not get democracy due to Pandit Nehru, as Congress wants us to believe. Please look at our rich history. There are many examples of rich democratic traditions that date back centuries ago. Democracy is integral to this nation and is in our culture.
“You talk of democracy and try to lecture us? It was your party chief that tore up the paper and threw it in front of the media, it was your party chief that didn’t let young leaders give their points of view, and you preach us democracy.
I see that whenever we are criticised by select opposition parties, substance is lacking. They go back to saying; ‘when we were in power…’ This is the same party that divided India.
You (the opposition) talk of democracy. Under Manmohan Singh’s government, your own party leader had said, just like Aurengzeb came in place of Shah Jahan, and Shah Jahan in place of Jahangir, similarly, we have also come forward… this has how it has been in India… but let me tell you… for more than 2,500 years India has been a place which has believed in a democratic way of life, where people from everywhere have come, settled and lived peacefully. We have, for thousands of years, believed in listening to all sides and what they have to say. We have been inclusive.
As PM speaks in Lok Sabha, opposition MPs shout slogans. “I wish the opposition had the courage to listen to silently”.
“For electoral reasons and petty gains, even 70 years ago, the Congress divided the nation… For selfish gains 125 crore Indians suffer even today”.
PM Modi blames Congress for partition, says ‘you divided the nation for selfish gains’
“When we speak about creating new states, we remember the manner in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji created Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. He showed how farsighted decision making is done”.
Under Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government too states were divided, but they were done with everyone’s confidence… the process was smooth… But the Congress has messed up in reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh. They did it in a hurry, and without much thought.
Even after 70 years of Independence, 125 crore Indians have to suffer every single day for the sins that the Congress committed.