Modi blasts oppn for development hurdles
motihari (Bihar) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the opposition of trying to “divide” the country and creating hurdles “from streets to parliament” in the governments’ efforts to uplift the poor and the downtrodden.
“They (opposition) are creating hurdles in the work of the government from the streets to Parliament. Today you have a government at the Centre which is working to unite the people of the country while the opposition is working to divide the people,” Modi told the National Convention of ‘Swachhagrahis’ here. He was addressing over 20,000
Swachhagrahis (cleanliness volunteers) at the concluding ceremony of ‘Champaran Satyagraha’ centenary celebrations.
The prime minister’s attack on opposition parties comes at a time when the Dalit community across the country has been agitated after a Supreme Court order allegedly diluting the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes Atrocities Act.
His attack was also aimed at the opposition parties for disrupting Parliament that led to the washout of the second edition of the budget session which ended on April 6 due to protests by TDP, AIADMK and opposition parties including Congress.
Describing the Madhepura Electric Locomotive Factory as a prime example of Make in India and a source of employment in the region, he said work on the project was first approved in 2007 but it began only three years ago when the NDA government came into the power. On Tuesday, the first engine rolled out of the factory.
“This is the style of working of this government. ‘Ab atkane, latkane and bhatkane wala kaam nahin hota’. Now the culture of stopping files is not there. The government is committed to fulfil its mission,” he said.
The prime minister showered praise on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his patience and able administration in fighting corrupt and anti-social forces. “It is not so easy,” he said, adding that the Centre extended its full support to the efforts of Nitish Kumar in fighting against corruption and his efforts towards sanitation drive for social change.
He said that whether it is the Swachh Bharat Mission, or the fight against corruption, or the development of civic amenities, the union government is working shoulder to shoulder with the state government. —