Prime Minister Narendra Modi who traveled from Sweden to London for his 4-day UK tour attended an event at Town Hall on Wednesday. Dubbed as Bharat ki Baat, Sabke Saath, the event saw PM Modi answering a lot of questions on various issues, including the protests going on in India about the recent cases in Kathua and Unnao.
Right from women’s safety to criticism of the government, PM Modi talked at length about a wide range of issues. He talked as to how India is growing to be more aspirational and how development should be made as a mass movement. He even said that he has no issues with constructive criticism but criticism without facts turns into allegations.
Here are some key quotes from PM Modi from the event Bharat ki Baat, Sabke Saath :
On his Government:
• I want this government to be criticized. Democracy cannot succeed without constructive criticism.
• Today, criticism has taken the form of allegations. In a democracy, an allegation is worst.
• Our focus is on three things- education for students, employment for youth and medicines for the elderly.
On India:
• It is natural to aspire. India is getting increasingly aspirational.
• Today, the need of the hour is to make development a mass movement.
On Crimes against women:
• I have never indulged in counting rape incidents in the country…rape is rape, be it now or earlier… Don’t politicize rape incidents.
• We always ask our daughters about what they are doing… we must ask our sons too.
On Surgical Strike:
I said we before India gets to know, we should call Pakistan so they can come and take their bodies if they have time. We were calling them but they were scared to come on the phone.
On Terrorism:
Those who like to export terror, I want to tell them that India has changed and their antics will not be tolerated.
On Himself:
• The day I stop being impatient, I will be of no use to the country.
• I don’t need to read books to understand poverty. I know what it is to be poor and belong to the backward sections of society.
• The person in the Railway Station was Narendra Modi. The person in the Royal Palace in London is the Sevak of 125 Crore Indians.
