Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the opposition of playing “negative politics” and said now the entire country is rooting for corruption, dynasty and appeasement to ‘quit India’.
Addressing an event after laying the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country via video conferencing, he alleged a section of the opposition is driven by the principle of neither working nor letting others work.
“Unfortunately, in our country, there is a section of the opposition who even today won’t do anything themselves and won’t allow others to do anything either. They are stuck with this attitude.
“So, concerned about the country’s present and the future a modern Parliament building was built, the symbol of democracy which has representation of both the government and the Opposition. They even opposed that. We developed Kartavya Path and they opposed that as well,” he said.
The PM then went on to refer to the Statue of Unity of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel which is the biggest statue in the world. Taking a dig at the Opposition parties, he said that none of their big leaders has till date gone to the Statue of Liberty to pay homage to Patel. But some parties remember India’s first home minister only during polls, he alleged.
“In 70 years, they did not construct a war memorial for martyrs but when we built one they did not even feel ashamed of criticising it publicly,” he said. “Away from the negative politics, we have taken the task of nation’s development as a mission and given it the top priority without caring for vote bank and party politics,” he added.
At present, the prime minister said, the central government is also running a campaign to provide jobs to 10 lakh youths through ‘Rozgar Mela’. “This is the picture of a changing India where development is presenting new opportunities for the youths, and the youths are giving new wings to the development of the country,” he added.
Referring to the Quit India Movement anniversary on August 9, the prime minister said it was a historic day that created new energy in India’s struggle for Independence. “Inspired by the Quit India Movement, the entire country is now roaring Quit India for every evil, saying ‘corruption, quit India’, ‘dynasty, quit India’, ‘appeasement, quit India’,” Modi said.
