‘Govt has divided communities’
No. Whatever money has come - about 14 lakh crore - has an identity. It also helped us locate, identify and cripple the parallel corporate sector. More than 2 lakh companies have been deregistered. ₹35,000 crore was deposited by a few groups of people. One company had no balance sheet, and it deposited close to ₹4,000 crore in one week’s time and withdrew it. We were able to locate those fly-by-night operators. I am willing to concede it may have a tempo- regular jobs have been created? That is the true measure, the only measure on which you can compare it to a previous or a succeeding government. And the only data we have is the Labour Bureau Survey. The Labour Bureau’s Quarterly Survey has given us for three quarters jobs in the thousands. The highest has been 136,000 in a quarter. It is in the thousands, not in millions. The Congress has no face to ask questions to us. The first supersession in the history of Supreme Court happened under Congress. Justice HR Khanna, the courageous judge who ruled that fundamental rights of Indians cannot be compromised even during emergency, was not allowed to be made chief justice for even two months. What is our record? This is a government of leaders who have fought against emergency for three freedoms -- of individuals, media and judiciary. Our commitment for independence of judiciary is complete and total. But those defeated by people repeatedly cannot That is why we create institutions and put men and women there passionately devoted to the subject, who can then pay special attention to those problems. If all those institutions are either diminished or eliminated or downsized or kept vacant, how do you think that a democracy can function? I am happy that you raised this. You are referring to the Uttarakhand judgment. The allegation is absolutely wrong and untenable for two simple reasons. A BJP government has been elected with nearly three-fourth majority now. Second, that high court order was upheld by the SC. By whom - Justice Khehar; he, remember, had also set aside the NJAC and rose to become a distinguished chief justice under our government. The stand that we have taken is purely on principle that there has to be greater sensitivity towards regional representation, those who missed out and all those things. This comes from the Congress, whose ministers never cared for the PM. My leader, the PM, has been elected by the people because of his record of governance and the trust he generates. This whole argument that cabinet system is The BJP has the largest number of Dalit MPS and MLAS. We strengthened the SC/ST act in 2015. When we got numbers and could have got anyone elected as President of India, we chose a distinguished political leader of great respect who also came from the Dalit community. What more visual symbol can be given? We are undertaking a new narrative of Dalit empowerment even as others are doing politics. India of 2018-19 is not the India of 90s. It is an India of aspiration and hope. They want a stable government, want it to perform, deliver, and if it doesn’t, it is shown the door. The only glue for the Opposition is survival against Modi. It is a text book case of political opportunism.