Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a powerful pitch for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), saying a rustic can’t un of two legal guidelines. PM Modi made these remarks whereas interacting with BJP employees in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal after flagging off 5 Vande Bharat trains for higher connectivity.
PM Modi Makes Strong Pitch For UCC
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“Today people are being instigated in the name of UCC. How can the country run on two (laws)? The Constitution also talks of equal rights…Supreme Court has also asked to implement UCC. These (Opposition) people are playing vote bank politics,” the PM stated including that the “appeasement politics has left many people behind.”
The PM, who additionally formally kicked off the BJP’s ballot marketing campaign within the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, questioned if triple talaq was inalienable from Islam, why it is not practised in Muslim-majority international locations like Egypt, Indonesia, Qatar, Jordan, Syria, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.Â
Batting for the Uniform Civil Code, the PM stated having “different sets of rules for different members of a family” won’t be good for the nation. Citing the instance of Egypt, the place 90 per cent of the inhabitants is Sunni Muslims, the PM stated they abolished triple talaq 80 to 90 years in the past. Attacking his political adversaries, the PM stated, “Those who advocate for triple talaq, these people hungry for a vote bank, are doing grave injustice to Muslim daughters.”
PM Modi Attacks Opposition
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Ridiculing the opposition unity forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi stated, ”You keep in mind what occurred in 2014 and 2019? The staunch opponents of BJP weren’t this a lot agitated both in 2014 or in 2019. Enemies have now come collectively. Leaders who used to abuse one another at the moment are prostrating earlier than one another. Don’t get offended at them, have pity.” The PM went on to say, “This is their compulsion now. It is evident from their nervousness that the general public has already made up their thoughts to vote for the BJP within the 2024 elections.”Â
PM Modi expressed confidence that his social gathering BJP will sweep within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “And this is the reason, all the opposition parties have gone crazy. With a few months left for the election, the opposition parties have now decided to incite the public at any cost to wrest power,” PM Modi stated.
PM Hails BJP Booth Workers
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In view of the upcoming Madhya Pradesh meeting elections, the Prime Minister asserted that the BJP’s sales space employees are its greatest energy as they ensure to succeed in out to the individuals on the grassroots stage as a way to make the social gathering the largest within the nation.
“BJP’s biggest power is its workers. They have made the party the largest in the country. I thank JP Nadda for organising this event today through which I am able to virtually address around 10 lakh booth workers of the BJP virtually. No such virtual programme has ever taken place in the history of any political party,” PM Modi stated whereas interacting with BJP sales space employees in Bhopal. These employees have been chosen from all of the states by way of a course of outlined by the social gathering president JP Nadda by way of the Namo App.
For 10 days, these employees will work together with boot-level BJP employees in election-bound states and share their experiences and greatest practices. The train is being performed to activate the social gathering employees on the decrease stage 5 months earlier than the upcoming meeting elections.
PM Modi additional stated that Madhya Pradesh performed a big function in making the BJP the largest social gathering on the earth. “We are not the workers who sit in the air-conditioned rooms and issue fatwas. We go to the people and remain determined round the clock,” PM Modi added.
PM Flags Off 5 Vande Bharat Trains From Bhopal
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Earlier within the day, PM flagged off 5 Vande Bharat Express trains from the Rani Kamalapati Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh’s capital metropolis Bhopal. “I congratulate the people of Jharkhand, Goa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Karnataka for this modern connectivity. I congratulate the people of Madhya Pradesh for getting two Vande Bharat Express trains today. The journey from Bhopal to Jabalpur will be faster and more comfortable now. Vande Bharat train will boost connectivity in the state,” PM Modi stated.
Ahead of the flagging-off ceremony, the Prime Minister interacted with crew members of the prepare and a few youngsters onboard the Vande Bharat prepare at Rani Kamlapati railway station.
Five Vande Bharat Express trains which have been flagged off by the PM embody — Rani Kamalapati-Jabalpur Vande Bharat Express; Khajuraho-Bhopal-Indore Vande Bharat Express; Madgaon (Goa)-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express; Dharwad-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express; and Hatia-Patna Vande Bharat Express. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Governor Mangubhai C Patel, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishaw and Jyotiraditya Scindia have been current on the occasion.Â