“Be it the leaders of terrorism or the countries seeking development and peace, everyone has experienced Rising Bharat. This new India does not bear the wounds of terrorism, but teaches a lesson with full force to those who inflicted the wounds of terrorism,” Modi said.
PM cited the remarks of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut likening him with Aurangzeb as he said, “The govt has approached the electorate based on its performance in the past 10 years. And it has also started working on a roadmap for 100 days in its third term. On the other hand, the opposition parties are setting a new record. Today, Modi was abused for the 104th time. Modi has been compared with Aurangzeb and there was also a threat to blow his skull.”
Modi said the entire world considered the 21st century to be that of India. “Big rating agencies and economists are assured of rising India. Why is it that they aren’t raising any questions? It’s because the entire world is witnessing how India has brought big changes in the last 10 years,” he added.
He said in the last 10 years, 25 crore people had come out of poverty, the country had moved from being the 10th largest economy to the fifth, India’s forex reserves crossed $700 billion and exports increased exponentially. “However, we need to do a lot more. Our govt is employing technology to catch the corrupt. Today, it’s becoming hard to hide money trails, and therefore, stashes of money are being found from beds and walls. Bundles of notes were unearthed from a Congress MP and a TMC leader’s home, and hence they are rattled,” PM said. He noted that there was a time when people used to ask why no action was taken against the high and mighty and today, the rattled lot were asking why action was being taken against them.
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