Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at ‘right talking’ critics of his government’s decisions such as the new citizenship law and scrapping of special status for Jammu and Kashmir, saying they have hatred for people who walk the path of ‘doing the right things’.
Speaking at the ET Global Business Summit, he said the’right talking’ gang which advocates for rights of migrants world over isopposed to India giving citizenship to persecuted minorities of neighbouringnations. This gang talks of the constitution but opposes the temporaryprovision of Article 370 and full implementation of the Indian constitution inJammu and Kashmir, he said.
“There is nothing wrong with talking the right things.But these people have a particular hatred for people who are doing the rightthings,” he said. “So when changes are brought in status quo, theysee this as disruptions.”
Modi said for his government development and good governanceare not subjects of convenience but of conviction.
“Conviction to do the right things, the conviction tobreak the status quo,” he said.
The Prime Minister further said direct benefit transfer ofgovernment subsidies and doles into the accounts of beneficiaries has led tothe saving of thousands of crores of rupees.
Similarly, RERA law has helped save the real estate sectorfrom black money, he said. “We have changed the status quo by bringing inChief of Defence Staff (CDS) to bring better synergy and collaboration in ourdefence forces,” he said. “Since 2014, the country is being takenforward by the idea of cooperation in spirt, collaboration in action andcombination of ideas.”
India is creating a sustainable growth model, he said.Listing his government’s achievements, he saidthe speed of construction of highways has been increased to 30 km per day from12 km earlier.