Prime Minister Narendra Modi ushered in transparency, accountability: Paatil
Gandhinagar: Speaking at an event to mark 11 years of the Modi govt at the Centre, Union jal shakti minister and state BJP president C R Paatil said that
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
ended appeasement politics in the country and ushered in accountability and transparency in governance after taking over as PM in 2014.
Highlighting that Modi became the longest-serving PM after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, Paatil said that India witnessed "unprecedented development" in the past 11 years. Without taking names, he claimed the central govt before 2014 was corrupt, involved in scams, and full of negativity. "Before 2014, indulging in appeasement and creating rifts among people to be in power had become India's political culture.
However, Modi changed this culture in 11 years. He established a more transparent and accountable govt that people have full faith in," Paatil said.
Listing the Union govt's achievements over the past decade, he said that 12 crore toilets were constructed, 15 crore households got tap water, and 25 crore persons were lifted out of poverty. "Apart from ensuring the welfare of all sections of society, the Union govt took tough decisions and believes in financial discipline.
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In 11 years, the govt removed the practice of instant triple talaq and Article 370, which seemed impossible in the past.
Thanks to Modiji's efforts, we are heading towards becoming the 4th largest economy from the 11th spot in 2014," said Paatil.
Terming PM Modi's swearing-in as a "turning point in India's development journey", chief minister Bhupendra Patel said that prior to 2014, business was caught in red-tapism and a development vision was missing. "Under PM Modi, common people's trust in the govt increased. Earlier, the industrial sector was stuck in red tape because the previous regimes lacked a pro-development vision. An era of political stability and development-centric politics began after Modi became the PM," the CM said.
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