Don’t leave everything to Modi, says Bhagwat

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an able ‘thekedar’ of welfare but cautioned people not to leave everything to him and go off to sleep.

“Society has got a good and able 'thekedar' in Narendra bhai for its welfare but the danger is that people will leave everything to him and go to sleep. It should not happen. Books (on him) should help people develop attributes like him,” Bhagwat said at the launch of a coffee-table book, ‘The Making of a Legend’, on the PM. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International, is the author.

In his address, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah, who was also present at the book launch, said the Modi government was confident of its return not just in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but had put programmes and policies in place that should keep it in good stead for the subsequent 2024 polls as well.

Enumerating the achievements of the government, Shah, said: “The government has set a target of giving five crore LPG connections to poor women by 2019 and to every household by 2024.”

The RSS chief in his speech praised Modi for his hardwork, courage, patience, wisdom, strength and valour, but most of all for his ability to do whatever needs to be done. “What should be done has been discussed in the country for the past 70 years. But it is happening now. Why? Because it is being done now,” Bhagwat said.