Huballi-Dharwad: In a veiled assault on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks within the UK, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stated elevating questions on Indian democracy on international soil was an insult to the folks of the nation. Speaking at an occasion in poll-bound Karnataka on Sunday, Prime Minister Modi, whereas not naming Rahul, stated some folks had been placing the Indian democracy within the dock regardless of it being ingrained within the nation’s political tradition over centuries.
PM Modi’s retort adopted Rahul’s current lecture on the prestigious Cambridge University the place he claimed that the fundamental construction of the Indian democracy was beneath assault.
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“Everybody knows and it`s been in the news a lot that Indian democracy is under pressure and under attack. I am an Opposition leader in India, we are navigating that (Opposition) space. The institutional framework which is required for a democracy – Parliament, free press, the judiciary, just the idea of mobilisation, moving around — all are being constrained. So, we are facing an attack on the basic structure of Indian democracy,” the Congress MP alleged.
At an occasion the place he devoted a number of improvement initiatives and the longest railway platform on this planet in Karnataka’s Hubballi-Dharwad on Sunday, PM Modi stated the folks of the state have to preserve a watch out for “such people”.
He stated there was a large number of things making India not simply the biggest democracy however the mom of democracy and it was unlucky that questions had been raised on the identical on international soil.
“There are numerous factors that make India not just the largest democracy in the world but also the mother of democracy. I was privileged to have inaugurated the statue of Bhagwan Basaveshwara in London. But it is unfortunate that questions were raised on India’s democracy in London. The roots of Indian democracy go deep and dates back centuries. No power in the world can sully or harm the tradition of Indian democracy. However, some people are continuing to put Indian democracy in the dock. Such people are insulting Bhagwan Basaveshwara, the people of Karnataka, Indian tradition, and the 130 crore Indian citizens. The people of Karnataka have to be aware of such people,” Prime Minister Modi stated.
Rahul’s remarks earlier had drawn extreme criticism from the BJP.
Calling Karnataka an “engine of high-tech India”, PM Modi stated, “Good and trendy infrastructure eases the lives of the widespread folks. In the final 9 years, the community of roads has doubled in villages beneath ‘PM Sadak Yojana’.
Not simply roads, unprecedented enlargement is afoot for extra airports and enhancing the railway community. Karnataka is the engine of high-tech India,” he stated.
PM Modi additionally elaborated on the developmental initiatives run by the Centre, saying that his authorities opened 250 new medical faculties within the nation over the past 9 years.
“For providing clean potable water, the central and state governments are working together. The foundation for a project worth over Rs 1000 crore, under the `Jal Jeevan Mission`, has been laid. We have brought about a three-fold increase in the number of AIIMS in the country. In seven decades, our country only had 380 medical colleges. However, over the last 9 years, 250 new medical colleges have been opened,” he stated.
“IIT Dharwad is an example of BJP’s ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi’. Around 4 years ago, I laid the foundation stone for this institute. Right from the foundation to the eventual inauguration, we worked at great speed. Receiving quality education is a fundamental right of all. Better educational institutes will enable more and more of our children to access quality education. Over the last 9 years, the number of top educational institutes in our country has grown manifold,” PM Modi added.Â
