Govt will rid the country of the corrupt, says Modi
HARD TALK Says middlemen who snatched the rights of the poor have been thrown out
KURUKSHETRA: Prime minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that his government will speed up the campaign to rid the country of the corrupt.
He claiming that only the corrupt had a problem with him while the honest trusted the ‘chowkidar’ (watchman).
Modi sought people’s support in the campaign while addressi ng a gathering here at t he “Swachh Shakti 2019”, an event to recognise the leadership role played by rural women in the Swachh Bharat Mission towards achieving a clean and open defecation free country by October 2 this year.
“In 2014, you gave your votes for an honest and transparent government. Middlemen and those who snatched the rights of the poor have been thrown out of all the systems. Every honest person in the country trusts this ‘chowkidar’ but those who are corrupt, have a problem with Modi,” he said.
Modi said some people in Haryana are worried over the ongoing investigations by probe agencies against them.
“Even in Haryana, you are witnessing how some people are worried because of probe by investigating agencies,” he said without naming anyone.
There are investigations against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law Robert Vadra for alleged irregularities in land deals in the state.
The prime minister also mocked the opposition’s proposed grand alliance as “mahamilawat”, saying all the faces in this are indulging in threatening and abusing Modi.
“All the faces of this ‘mahamilawat’ are indulging in competition of threatening and abusing investigating agencies, court and Modi. But you rest assured, this ‘chowkidar’ will neither be threatened or browbeaten with their threats and abuses, will neither stop nor bow down. Our ‘safai’ campaign to rid this country of the corrupt and the dirt is going to be further accelerated. For this campaign, your blessings should continue,”he said.
Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for six development projects, including the National Cancer Institute, Jhajjar and Shri Krishna Ayush University, Kurukshetra in Hary- ana Tuesday.
The ~2,035-crore National Cancer Institute (NIC) in Jhajjar district is a state-of-the-art tertiary cancer care-cum-research institute, constructed at the AIIMS Jhajjar campus.
The 700-bed hospital, will have facilities like surgical oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, anaesthesia, palliative care and nuclear medicine, besides hostel rooms for doctors a nd a t t e ndants o f c a nce r patients, an official statement said. Modi also inaugurated the ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad.
This is the first ESIC Medical College and Hospital in north India and it has 510 beds.
The prime minister laid foundation stone of National Institute of Ayurveda, Panchkula, being set up at Shri Mata Mansa Devi temple complex there.
It will be a national-level institute for Ayurveda treatment, education and research. The foundation stone of Sri Krishna Ayush University, Kurukshetra, first varsity related to the Indian system of medicine in Haryana as well as first-of-its kind in India, was also laid by the prime minister. Foundation stone of ‘Battles of Panipat Museum’ was also laid by Modi. The museum will honour the heroes of the battles of Panipat.