Next decade very important for us: Modi
ASSERTING that the 2014-29 period between the 16th to 18th Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) is very important for a young democracy like India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the last six years have been historic for the country’s development and a lot remains to be done in the remaining period.
As the age of 16, 17 and 18 years is very important for the youth, so is the time between the 16th and the 18th Lok Sabha for a young nation like India, he said while digitally inaugurating 76 multi-storeyed flats in the national capital for Members of Parliament.
The 16th Lok Sabha (2014-19) has been historic for the country’s progress, and the 17thLok Sabha has already become a part of history due to a number of decisions it has taken, he said, referring to the passage of landmark legislations aimed at reforming farm and labour sectors besides abrogation of Article 370 and the citizenship law.
‘I am confident the next Lok Sabha (2024-29) will also play a very important role in taking the country ahead in this new decade... There is so much for the country that we have to achieve. Be it Aatmanirbhar Bharat campaign, or economic targets or many other pledges like these, we have to achieve them during this period,’ he said to an audience of parliamentarians, including ministers and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
People of Jammu and Kashmir have also joined the mainstream of development, with many new laws coming into effect in the union territory for the first time, he said in a reference to the abrogation of Article 370, which had granted the erstwhile state a special status.
‘It is our responsibility that when history evaluates different terms of Lok Sabha, this period is remembered as a golden chapter in the nation’s development,’ Modi stated.
The second term of the Modi government is scheduled to end in 2024 when the next general election will be held.
The ruling BJP has already set its sight on the next Lok Sabha polls with its president J P Nadda set to undertake a 120-day nationwide tour to tone up the saffron party’s organisational machinery with a focus on regions and seats where it had not done well in 2019.