Prime Minister Narendra Modi mocked the opposition for raising questions against his ambitious Jan Dhan Yojana and asked, “Those who kept poor away from banking facilities even after four decades of nationalization of banks are seeking account of such a scheme which has brought Rs.30,000 crore cash in rotation in a record time.“
“What these people could not do in 50 years, I will do in 50 months,“ Modi retorted at a function for rickshaw distribution in his parliamentary constituency on Friday .“The programme would not just change the lives of a few people, but herald a new beginning that would change the future of `Kashi' and its poor,“ the PM said, amid cheers. “Things will start moving fast and the town will get a new identity and the common man's lives will improve,“ he told the hundreds of people who had gathered to listen to him.
The PM, on his first trip to his Lok Sabha constituency in over eight months, claimed poverty alleviation measures of the past lacked a proper direction. “We have been hearing about `garibi hatao' for the last 40-50 years. In elections too, we hear about poverty alleviation programmes for the poor. It has become a tradition in politics to talk about the poor and their welfare. There is need to come out of this tradition,“ he said.
Stating that experiments for poverty elimination had failed to give desired results so far, Modi said, “I don't want to blame any government or party , but we must make a new beginning for the welfare of the poor.“ He also appealed to the poor to send their children to school as education was the best option to fight poverty .
“What these people could not do in 50 years, I will do in 50 months,“ Modi retorted at a function for rickshaw distribution in his parliamentary constituency on Friday .“The programme would not just change the lives of a few people, but herald a new beginning that would change the future of `Kashi' and its poor,“ the PM said, amid cheers. “Things will start moving fast and the town will get a new identity and the common man's lives will improve,“ he told the hundreds of people who had gathered to listen to him.
The PM, on his first trip to his Lok Sabha constituency in over eight months, claimed poverty alleviation measures of the past lacked a proper direction. “We have been hearing about `garibi hatao' for the last 40-50 years. In elections too, we hear about poverty alleviation programmes for the poor. It has become a tradition in politics to talk about the poor and their welfare. There is need to come out of this tradition,“ he said.
Stating that experiments for poverty elimination had failed to give desired results so far, Modi said, “I don't want to blame any government or party , but we must make a new beginning for the welfare of the poor.“ He also appealed to the poor to send their children to school as education was the best option to fight poverty .
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