Parliament not being allowed to run due to inferiority complex: PM Modi

March 03, 2016 13:17

Highlights of Prime Minister Narendra Modi address on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in Lok Sabha:

* Grateful to President for highlighting on India's progress in his speech; We must always take the President's advice.

* Parliament is a forum where govt is questioned and the govt has to clarify its stand. No one is spared during the debate.

* When Parliament sessions are not functional, the nation suffers and more than that the MPs suffer because they can't discuss issues. House is a place where debates are to take place, but if boundaries are maintained during a debate then it is fruitful. This is not something I am saying, this has been said by former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

* Hindering debate in the House is very counter-productive. Request MPs across parties to help pass bills. Bills that are to be passed are for the people. They are for freeing the system from middlemen. This was said by former Speaker of the Lok Sabha Somnath Chatterjee and has been repeated a lot

* I want to share my thoughts, not as the PM but as someone who has entered Parliament for the first time.

* Unfortunately political parties feel disruption or adjournment will help highlighting an issue. Am saying all this because people must know that bills have been passed here but have been stopped thereafter.

* Opposition doesn't let us speak out of an inferiority complex, so that the nation can't see our views and skills.

* Making fun of 'Make In India' tarnishes the image of the nation. We are mocking things like Make in India? This is for the nation. If there are shortcomings it may be shared and discussed.

* March 8 is International Women's Day & maybe that day only women members should speak in the Parliament. We can also set time where only first time MPs can speak. This will bring a fresh perspective to the proceedings

* We should not behave as though we are begging. In 1974, in IP College Indira Gandhi ji said that we shouldnt portray our nation as weak.

* There are so many MPs (in Opposition itself) who have a lot to say but if they speak they will overshadow the others.

* Opposition is worried and concerned as to how we are performing better than them. I am 1000% convinced with Mallikarjun Kharge (LoOp), that there is a lot of corruption in MNREGA Look at the observations made in CAG report of 2012.

* 2012 CAG report states NREGA didn't target the 'real' poor section of the society.

* Intellectuals should compare Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana launched by Vajpayee and MGNREGA.

* Some people are concerned about how we are doing things they could not do in the last 60 years.

* No one will deny that if Congress would have helped the poor in 60 years, the poor wouldn't still be poor.

* There are many things which are your (Congress) legacy, less toilets in schools for instance. We are making toilets because you didn't do that when you were in power for 60 years.

* Some people have aged physically, but not in maturity; Some people don't understand but just want to oppose for the sake of it.

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