NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday mocked the opposition for his criticisms and said the more dirt they throw, the better the lotus will be.
“I want to tell you opposition MPs, the more you throw ‘keechad’ (mud), the better the lotus will bloom,” PM Ways said participating in the discussion on the Motion of thanks on the Address of the president.
Amid opposition party slogans, the PM said that Congress had slowed the country’s development and India lost six decades while smaller countries progressed. Opposition parties used the debate to attack Prime Minister Modi and the government for helping Adanithe phenomenal rise of recent years.
Here are the key quotes from the Prime Minister’s speech:
“I want to tell you opposition MPs, the more you throw ‘keechad’ (mud), the better the lotus will bloom,” PM Ways said participating in the discussion on the Motion of thanks on the Address of the president.
Amid opposition party slogans, the PM said that Congress had slowed the country’s development and India lost six decades while smaller countries progressed. Opposition parties used the debate to attack Prime Minister Modi and the government for helping Adanithe phenomenal rise of recent years.
Here are the key quotes from the Prime Minister’s speech:
- Indira Gandhi “abused” Article 356 of the Constitution 50 times to oust elected state governments.
- The Congress government in the Center sacked 90 state governments “abusing” Article 356 of the Constitution.
- If Nehru was such a ‘great’ person, why does the Gandhi family avoid using the surname ‘Nehru’.
- Indian defense exports now exceed Rs 1 lakh crore, new companies are entering the segment to make the country ‘atmanirbhar’.
- The opposition is against science and technology; they don’t care about the country, only about their politics. We don’t believe in tokenism, we are working hard to move the country forward through science and technology.
- The contribution of women should increase in the decision-making process and our government works continuously for the empowerment of women.
- We have identified 110 aspiration districts in the country. Education, infrastructure, and health care have improved in these districts through continued attention and performance reviews. This has benefited more than 3 million tribal people.
- Congress has not worked with good intentions for the Tribals. For decades, the development of tribal communities has been neglected. We have given the highest priority to their well-being.
- Voice of small and marginal farmers never heard before, but our government is working for their welfare.
- Congressional economic, social, and political policies were based on vote bank policy.
- The country is with us, the people rejected the Congress party and punished them time after time.
- We have transformed the culture of work with the power of technology. Our goal is to increase speed and improve scale.
- Our priority is the general public, and that is why we have made LPG connections available to 25 crore households across the country.
- Congress said ‘Gareebi Hataobut did nothing for over four decades. We work hard to meet the expectations and aspirations of the people of the country.
- 1.70 crore Jan Dhan bank accounts opened in Karnataka of which more than 8 lakhs in Kalaburagi. So many people get whitelisted, while someone’s account gets shut down. I can understand the pain.
- More than half of the country’s population was without banking facilities till 2014. Over the past 9 years, 48 crore accounts have been opened across the country.
- Our government has extended drinking water supply to 11 crore of homes in last 3-4 years vs only 3 crore before 2014.
- Our government’s policies are focused on finding permanent solutions to the problems the country is facing.
- Congress created obstacles to development, India lost six decades while smaller countries progressed. He only engaged in “tokenism”, never trying to find permanent solutions to the problems facing the country.
The PM responded to the motion of thanks in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, saying the President gave direction to the nation in his visionary address to both houses.
President Draupadi Murmu addressed the joint sitting of Lok Sabha e Raja Sabha on 31 January, the first day of the Budget Session.
Prime Minister Modi has launched veiled criticisms of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who had launched a harsh attack on the government over the Adani problem in his speech during Tuesday’s debate.
By targeting the opposition, Prime Minister Modi said, instead of constructive criticism, some people indulge in compulsive criticism.
