Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday replied to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's Address and stated that President Droupadi Murmu's address to the two Houses of Parliament will strengthen the country's resolve for Viksit Bharat and provide inspiration to the common man.
During his address, the PM, without taking names, criticised opposition leaders and previous governments over various issues.
The discussion on the motion of thanks to the President's Address started on Monday, with several leaders from the treasury as well as the opposition participating.
Here are the top quotes from PM Modi's address in Lok Sabha:
We live by spirit of Constitution and do not resort to politics of poison.
Those who do photo sessions in huts will find talk about poor boring.
A PM who used to chant '21st century' was so far from reality that he was unable to provide for needs of 20th century.
VIDEO | "These steps that we took, which saves us lakhs of crores, but we didn't use that money to build 'Sheesh Mahal'. We used that money to build the nation. 10 years ago, before we came (to power), infrastructure budget was of Rs 1,80,000 crore. Today, it is 11 lakh crore,"… pic.twitter.com/xASn4HqDds
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) February 4, 2025
Govt schemes saved lot of money, but we did not use it to build 'Sheesh Mahal'.
There was fashion to call one PM as Mr Clean but he admitted that if Re 1 is sent from Delhi, people got only 15 paise.
Talk on social media about leaders focussed on jacuzzi, stylish showers, but our focus on providing water to every home.
VIDEO | "(Referring to Speaker)... When you worked with Yuva Morcha, you must have heard and read, one PM used to repeat '21st century'. When it was said so many times, RK Laxman made an excellent cartoon for Times of India, that cartoon was very interesting, it had an airplane,… pic.twitter.com/Lb99i1Livh
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) February 4, 2025
VIDEO | "Look at the misfortune of the country, how were the governments run, for whom were they run... (amid opposition uproar)... When the fever is high, people say anything, but also when people are too frustrated and disappointed, they also they say a lot of things. Those who… pic.twitter.com/Sadamr17fG
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) February 4, 2025
Earlier, PMs used to make appointments of Chief Election Commissioners at will, we brought law to involve Leader of Opposition.
Some leaders speak language of urban naxals, talk of waging war against Indian state, they cannot understand Constitution.
Those who live with Constitution in their pockets, forget how they pushed Muslim women into hardships.
Some people feel they are not mature enough if they don't talk about foreign policy, even at the cost of the nation.