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We can take pride in the fact that there is no taint on us: PM Modi

WION Web Team
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Jan 12, 2019, 03:01 PM IST
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File photo: PM Narendra Modi. Photograph:(Zee News Network)

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PM Modi said that he was proud that his government has won the trust of the people and have a spotless image.

 

 

 

Unveiling the poll strategy for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that he was proud that his government has won the trust of the people and has a spotless image.

Addressing the Bhartiya Janata Party's National Convention meeting in Delhi, Modi said that his party's only mantra was 'sabka saath sabka vikas' and they have shown 'how it can take the nation to its peak'.

"It has happened for the first time in the history of the country that a government that came into power with an absolute majority has not been accused of corruption. We can take pride in the fact that there is no taint on us," Modi said.

He also hailed the government's decision of providing 10 per cent quota for the poor.

"10 per cent quota given to economically backward classes to meet expectations of youths who were not getting opportunities due to poverty, " Modi said.

He said his government was working for the welfare of the farmers and to double their income by 2022.

"Earlier governments saw annadata (farmers) as only matdata (voters), we are constantly trying to address challenges faced by them. We are working day and night to double farmers' income by 2022, ".

The prime minister also took aim at the opposition's effort to build a grand alliance against his party.

"These days, a campaign is going on to publicise a failed experiment in the history of Indian politics by the name of "mahagathbandhan". These people are trying to make a 'majboor sarkaar'. They don't want a 'majboot sarkar' to get formed & their shop to get closed again," Modi said.

"Important initiatives have been taken up in last four years for women empowerment. People made fun of ' Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' for political opposition, but we have come a long way to free society of wrong beliefs that existed for decades," he said.

"Bank gave loans of Rs 18 lakh crore in 60 years and Rs 34 lakh crore in last six years of Congress governance. There were two means of taking loans in the country. One common process and the other Congress process. In the Congress process, banks were forced to give loans to fraudster friends," he added.

Targeting the UPA government, the prime minister said the previous government was tainted with corruption.

"The government before us pushed the country into darkness. It won't be wrong if I say that India lost ten important years (2004-2014) in scams and corruption, "he said.

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(With inputs from agencies)