Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address in Rajya Sabha. (RSTV screengrab)
Parliament Highlights: In his reply to Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the fundamentals of the Indian economy are “still strong” and have the inherent quality to move ahead.
“We talk about a five trillion dollar economy. Yes, the aim is ambitious but we have to think big and think ahead,” he said. The remarks by the prime minister came amidst the Opposition’s criticism on the declining economic growth.
Earlier today, while speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Modi took a dig at the opposition saying had his government walked on the path of Congress, it would not have been able to deliver on issues such as Article 370, Citizenship Amendment Act, and triple talaq.
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The PM also launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing it of fuelling communal divide in the country by misleading Muslims on CAA. PM Modi said the grand old party has always considered Indian Muslims as Muslims alone but the NDA government considers them as Indians. He said the Congress, which cries foul over saving the Constitution, conveniently forgets how they trampled upon it during the Emergency.
Both houses have been adjourned till 11 AM tomorrow.
"I would like to assure the prime minister that no one in the opposition is against the policy of bringing back our Hindu brothers from our neighbouring countries," Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said in the Rajya Sabha, adding that the Opposition is against the non-inclusions of Hindus from Sri Lanka.
Questioning the exclusion of Bhutan and Nepal from the new citizenship law, Azad lashed out at the Centre for framing laws on the basis of religion.
"NPR and census are normal government procedures, which have been carried out earlier also. But when vote bank politics is a necessity than those who carried out NPR earlier, spread misinformation about it now," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the Upper House.
In his reply to Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that instead of scaring people on new citizenship law, the right information needs to be provided to the citizens. He also said that no one is going to get political benefit out of protests against citizenship law.
"Many Opposition members are very enthused these days, those who were silent have become violent," Prime Minister Modi said in the Rajya Sabha.
"Is it okay to misguide and misinform the nation? Can anybody be a part of a campaign that does the same? The path being taken on CAA by many Opposition parties is unfortunate," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the Rajya Sabha.
"We have a mission to ensure clean water reaches all houses," Prime Minister Modi said in the Rajya Sabha.
In his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said the fundamentals of the Indian economy are "still strong" and have the inherent quality to move ahead.
"We talk about a five trillion dollar economy. Yes, the aim is ambitious but we have to think big and think ahead," he said.
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PM Modi in Rajya Sabha: To be honest, I was a little disappointed with some of the remarks made here. Some members have made stagnation a virtue. They were stuck in the same old ways, talking about the same old things of the past.
PM Modi in Rajya Sabha: To be honest, I was a little disappointed with some of the remarks made here. Some members have made stagnation a virtue. They were stuck in the same old ways, talking about the same old things of the past pic.twitter.com/l510cDeKEd
— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2020
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