NEW DELHI:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Saturday attacked the opposition for disrupting Parliament over the demonetisation of Rs
500 and Rs 1,000 notes and said that he was not being allowed to speak in
Parliament
"The
government has always said that it is ready for a debate in Parliament. But, I
am not being allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha so I am
speaking in the Jan Sabha," PM Modi said
while addressing a rally in Gujarat's Banaskantha.
The PM said
that happenings in Parliament had even anguished President Pranab Mukherjee. Defending
demonetisation, the PM said that it has empowered poor and will help in
eradicating corruption and menace of black money.
"For how
long can poor of India be told to pay for houses in cash? For how long will
poor be asked - you want Pucca bill or Kuccha bill," he asked.
"India wants to progress. Corruption and
black money is slowing our progress and adversely affecting the poor. These
evils have to end," he said.
"Who is unhappy with corruption? Not those perpetrating corruption...it is the poor, the common citizens who are unhappy. Merely talking about the poor is different from working for the poor, something that the NDA government is always doing," the PM said in an apparent dig at opposition parties which have claimed that the demonetisaton is affecting poor adversely.
"Who is unhappy with corruption? Not those perpetrating corruption...it is the poor, the common citizens who are unhappy. Merely talking about the poor is different from working for the poor, something that the NDA government is always doing," the PM said in an apparent dig at opposition parties which have claimed that the demonetisaton is affecting poor adversely.
[Via –INDIA TIMES]
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