Congress does not respect tribals, did not help Murmu in presidential polls: PM Modi in Gujarat

By PTI

NETRANG: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of getting no respect for the tribal neighborhood within the nation, and mentioned it even opposed the candidature of Droupadi Murmu within the presidential election held earlier this 12 months.

Addressing a public rally at Netrang, a tribal space of Bharuch district in poll-bound Gujarat, Modi additionally mentioned that all the world was amazed at how India has come out of such an enormous pandemic of COVID-19 in such a brief span.

“Congress has no respect for tribals in the country…We decided to make our tribal daughter (Droupadi Murmu) the president of the country. We went to Congress with folded hands to accept her (support her candidature), but they opposed. We put all our might and made the tribal daughter win the election,” Modi mentioned.

“Be it, Birsa Munda or Govind Guru, the Congress did not give respect to tribal leaders of the country,” he additional alleged.
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The PM mentioned the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in an enormous nation like India was terrifying.

“The whole world faced such a terrifying pandemic. If someone gets sick at our home, we take four to five years to come out of it (financial effect). We faced the pandemic in such a big country. But the way we came out of it, the entire world is amazed. They are not able to understand how it happened,” Modi mentioned.

“Factories got closed; people had to go back to their villages. In such circumstances, our first concern was there should be enough food for poor people; a child of a poor should not go to sleep without food. So we have been providing free ration to 80 crore people for the last three years,” he mentioned.

“Secondly, to fight the pandemic, vaccination was crucial. Even now, many countries are struggling to vaccinate their entire population. We have given more than 200 crore doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine. After two doses, we provided a booster dose also free,” Modi mentioned.

The prime minister mentioned that the Digital India marketing campaign has caused a revolution within the nation.

If the Congress was in energy, your cell invoice may have been round Rs 4,000 to five,000 monthly, which is minimal now. “We made data affordable,” he mentioned.

Speaking on the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), he mentioned that previously, specs of homes constructed below authorities schemes had been set by the individuals sitting in Gandhinagar or Delhi.

“But we changed the rules. How can a person sitting in Delhi know what is the requirement of a tribal person who is in poultry farming? We said that you should trust our people as nobody will build an inferior quality home for themselves,” the prime minister mentioned.

NETRANG: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of getting no respect for the tribal neighborhood within the nation, and mentioned it even opposed the candidature of Droupadi Murmu within the presidential election held earlier this 12 months.

Addressing a public rally at Netrang, a tribal space of Bharuch district in poll-bound Gujarat, Modi additionally mentioned that all the world was amazed at how India has come out of such an enormous pandemic of COVID-19 in such a brief span.

“Congress has no respect for tribals in the country…We decided to make our tribal daughter (Droupadi Murmu) the president of the country. We went to Congress with folded hands to accept her (support her candidature), but they opposed. We put all our might and made the tribal daughter win the election,” Modi mentioned.

“Be it, Birsa Munda or Govind Guru, the Congress did not give respect to tribal leaders of the country,” he additional alleged.ALSO READ | Congress gave you MGNREGA, scholarships; BJP took away your land: Rahul to tribals in Gujarat

The PM mentioned the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in an enormous nation like India was terrifying.

“The whole world faced such a terrifying pandemic. If someone gets sick at our home, we take four to five years to come out of it (financial effect). We faced the pandemic in such a big country. But the way we came out of it, the entire world is amazed. They are not able to understand how it happened,” Modi mentioned.

“Factories got closed; people had to go back to their villages. In such circumstances, our first concern was there should be enough food for poor people; a child of a poor should not go to sleep without food. So we have been providing free ration to 80 crore people for the last three years,” he mentioned.

“Secondly, to fight the pandemic, vaccination was crucial. Even now, many countries are struggling to vaccinate their entire population. We have given more than 200 crore doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine. After two doses, we provided a booster dose also free,” Modi mentioned.

The prime minister mentioned that the Digital India marketing campaign has caused a revolution within the nation.

If the Congress was in energy, your cell invoice may have been round Rs 4,000 to five,000 monthly, which is minimal now. “We made data affordable,” he mentioned.

Speaking on the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), he mentioned that previously, specs of homes constructed below authorities schemes had been set by the individuals sitting in Gandhinagar or Delhi.

“But we changed the rules. How can a person sitting in Delhi know what is the requirement of a tribal person who is in poultry farming? We said that you should trust our people as nobody will build an inferior quality home for themselves,” the prime minister mentioned.