Not being allowed to speak in Lok Sabha on note ban: PM

December 10, 2016 12:16

PM Narendra Modi is addressing a rally in Deesa town of Banaskantha district of Gujarat. Highlights:

* Government has always said we are ready to debate. I am not being allowed to speak in Lok Sabha so I am speaking in the Jan Sabha

* Parliament is not being allowed to function. Happenings in Parliament anguished our President, who has tremendous political experience.

* We belong to a nation where we do not think 'what's my interest'. We are not a selfish nation. We think about future generations.

* For 70 years, the honest have been looted. But now I am standing with them & that's why they are being provoked. We are standing with the poor of the nation.

* Who is unhappy with corruption? Not those perpetrating corruption...it is the poor, the common citizens who are unhappy

* With our step on currency notes, we have been successful in weakening the hands of terrorists, those in fake currency rackets

* 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?

* Today everyone in the nation is discussing the issue of currency notes. We took the decision on currency notes to strengthen the hands of the poor of the nation

* Earlier, due to draught farmers committed suicide but changes came & farmers adopted livestock leading to white revolution. Along with 'Shwet Kranti', here there is also a 'Sweet Kranti.' People are being trained in honey products

* When I took over as CM, I would tell farmers that you need to focus on water as much as you focus on electricity. The farmers in Banaskantha heard my request and embraced drip irrigation. This changed their lives and lives of future generations. The farmers here turned to dairy and animal husbandry. This was beneficial for the farmers.

* There was a time when people from Kutch & Banaskantha would leave their homes in search of better opportunities. It is not the case now.

* I am told it is after a very long time that a Prime Minister is visiting Banaskantha. But, I am here not as PM but as a son of this soil.

* If anyone can breathe life into a rigid desert, it's the farmers of North Gujarat. The farmers of North Gujarat have shown to the world what they are capable of

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