Farewell to previous Parliament, reward for Nehru: Modi at particular session

By PTI

NEW DELHI: As the previous Parliament constructing hosted a session one final time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday bid a poignant farewell recalling the nation’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru’s iconic “tryst with destiny” speech for persevering with to encourage everybody and one other predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s “governments may come and go” comment.

Reminiscing the nation’s Parliamentary journey of 75 years, Modi on the identical time reminded the Lok Sabha in regards to the Emergency in addition to the 2008 ‘cash-for-vote’ rip-off through the first time period of the Manmohan Singh authorities.

As he sang paeans to earlier prime ministers together with Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi and P V Narasimha Rao, Modi remembered the journey of India’s democracy and mentioned the final day within the heritage constructing must be devoted to the over 7,500 parliamentarians who served there since Independence in 1947.

“It is a very emotional moment to bid farewell to this building. As we leave this building our mind is filled with many emotions and memories,” Modi mentioned, initiating the dialogue on “Parliamentary Journey of 75 years starting from Samvidhan Sabha — Achievements, Experiences, Memories and Learnings”.

Modi paid tributes to “every brick” of the previous Parliament constructing and mentioned MPs will enter the brand new complicated with “new hope and confidence”.

The Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha will meet once more on Tuesday afternoon within the newly constructed Parliament constructing after they had been adjourned following a dialogue on the nation’s parliamentary journey on the primary day of the five-day session.

Parliament might be shifting to the swanky complicated on the auspicious event of Ganesh Chaturthi.

Outside Parliament, Modi mentioned the session could also be quick in period however is huge every now and then, and is of “historic decisions”.

He mentioned there’s an environment of festivity and enthusiasm, and the nation has been stuffed with renewed self-confidence, and requested parliamentarians to offer most time to the quick session.

There might be a variety of time left for “rona dhona” (whining), he mentioned taking a jibe on the opposition which has been criticising the federal government over the session, which is uncommon for its timing.

In his 52-minute speech, Modi mentioned it was on this Parliament that Pandit Nehru delivered his “tryst with destiny” speech “at the stroke of midnight hour” to mark India’s independence from colonial rule and his phrases proceed to encourage everybody.

“In the same House, Atalji’s words about ‘sarkarein aayegi, jayegi; partiyan banegi, bigdegi; lekin yeh desh rehna chahiye’ (governments may come and go; parties may be formed or disbanded; but this nation has to live on) continue to echo even today.”

Modi additionally mentioned there have been celebrations in all places when three new states of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh had been created in 2000 throughout Vajpayee’s tenure however lamented that Telangana being carved out of Andhra Pradesh led to solely bitterness and bloodshed in each the states.

The UPA authorities headed by Manmohan Singh had in 2013 cleared the formation of Telangana.

In the Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge used poetry and humour to take a swipe on the authorities, saying nothing might be completed by altering names.

He additionally recalled how Jawaharlal Nehru’s “inclusive” method of involving opposition events had led to the laying of a powerful basis for the Constitution.

Kharge started his speech with a poem in Hindi.

“Badalna hai to halat badlo, aise naam badalne se kya hota hai? Dena hein to yuva ko rozgar do, sab ko berozgar karke kya hota hai? Dil ko thoda bada karke dekho, logon ko marne se kya hota hai? Kuch kar nahi sakte ho, kursi chor do, baat baat mein darane se kya hota hai? “Apni hukumrani par guroor hai, logon ko darane se dhamkane se kya hota hai? Badalna hai to halat badlo, aise naam badalne se kya hota hai? Yahan se wahan jane mein kya aur honewala hai?” he mentioned.

(“If you want to change something, change the situation, what will be accomplished by changing names? If you want to give something, give employment to youngsters, what will be accomplished by making everyone unemployed? Try becoming more magnanimous, what will be accomplished by killing people? If you cannot do anything, leave the chair, what will be accomplished by scaring people?”).

In the Lok Sabha, Modi recalled the bravery of Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt who hurled bombs in the identical Parliament constructing to get up the British empire from its slumber.

“The echo of that bomb still gives sleepless nights to those who wish well for this country,” he mentioned.

Singh and Dutt had hurled bombs within the Delhi Central legislative meeting (the current Parliament House). The prime minister mentioned the largest achievement of those 75 years was that the frequent particular person’s belief in Parliament continues to develop.

“We may as well move to the new building, but this old building will always inspire generations to come.”

Modi mentioned it’s also an event to hail everybody who has led this House and shared their imaginative and prescient for India, starting from Pandit Nehru to Vajpayee.

They have given new route to the nation underneath their management and in the present day is an event to spotlight their achievements, the prime minister mentioned He additionally remembered Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Chandrashekhar and Lal Krishna Advani for enriching the House.

The prime minister additionally recalled the fear assault on Parliament in 2001 and remembered those that took bullets of their chests to save lots of members whereas preventing terrorists.

“It was not an attack on the building but an attack on the Mother of Democracy itself. It was an attack on the soul of India,” he mentioned.

“I also salute those who faced bullets on their chests to save the House and its members while fighting the terrorists. They are not among us, but they have protected us in a great way.”

The prime minister additionally lauded the contribution of B R Ambedkar, saying his imaginative and prescient for industrialisation, which was aimed toward bringing social justice within the nation through the first authorities of unbiased India, continues to stay on the coronary heart of each industrial coverage even in the present day.

At the identical time, there have been unhappy and emotive moments when Parliament witnessed the lack of three serving prime ministers — Nehru, Shastri and Indira Gandhi — and wealthy tributes had been paid to them, he famous.

“This House also supported the liberation of Bangladesh under the leadership of Indira Gandhi.”

At the identical time, this House additionally witnessed an assault on democracy through the Emergency and thru this House, the individuals additionally asserted their energy as we noticed the return of democracy, Modi added.

The prime minister mentioned within the post-independence interval, many realized individuals had raised numerous issues about India.

He mentioned, “They voiced apprehensions about whether India would be able to thrive, whether it would remain united, whether democracy in India would survive. But it is the power of this Parliament that the world was proven wrong. India thrived, despite all the doubts and darkness.”

On a private notice, Modi mentioned he had by no means imagined {that a} baby from a poor household, who was residing on a railway platform, would attain Parliament.

“But this is the strength of India’s democracy and a reflection of the faith of the common man of India towards democracy that a child from a poor family, living on the railway platform, reached Parliament,” he added.

NEW DELHI: As the previous Parliament constructing hosted a session one final time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday bid a poignant farewell recalling the nation’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru’s iconic “tryst with destiny” speech for persevering with to encourage everybody and one other predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s “governments may come and go” comment.

Reminiscing the nation’s Parliamentary journey of 75 years, Modi on the identical time reminded the Lok Sabha in regards to the Emergency in addition to the 2008 ‘cash-for-vote’ rip-off through the first time period of the Manmohan Singh authorities.

As he sang paeans to earlier prime ministers together with Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi and P V Narasimha Rao, Modi remembered the journey of India’s democracy and mentioned the final day within the heritage constructing must be devoted to the over 7,500 parliamentarians who served there since Independence in 1947.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“It is a very emotional moment to bid farewell to this building. As we leave this building our mind is filled with many emotions and memories,” Modi mentioned, initiating the dialogue on “Parliamentary Journey of 75 years starting from Samvidhan Sabha — Achievements, Experiences, Memories and Learnings”.

Modi paid tributes to “every brick” of the previous Parliament constructing and mentioned MPs will enter the brand new complicated with “new hope and confidence”.

The Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha will meet once more on Tuesday afternoon within the newly constructed Parliament constructing after they had been adjourned following a dialogue on the nation’s parliamentary journey on the primary day of the five-day session.

Parliament might be shifting to the swanky complicated on the auspicious event of Ganesh Chaturthi.

Outside Parliament, Modi mentioned the session could also be quick in period however is huge every now and then, and is of “historic decisions”.

He mentioned there’s an environment of festivity and enthusiasm, and the nation has been stuffed with renewed self-confidence, and requested parliamentarians to offer most time to the quick session.

There might be a variety of time left for “rona dhona” (whining), he mentioned taking a jibe on the opposition which has been criticising the federal government over the session, which is uncommon for its timing.

In his 52-minute speech, Modi mentioned it was on this Parliament that Pandit Nehru delivered his “tryst with destiny” speech “at the stroke of midnight hour” to mark India’s independence from colonial rule and his phrases proceed to encourage everybody.

“In the same House, Atalji’s words about ‘sarkarein aayegi, jayegi; partiyan banegi, bigdegi; lekin yeh desh rehna chahiye’ (governments may come and go; parties may be formed or disbanded; but this nation has to live on) continue to echo even today.”

Modi additionally mentioned there have been celebrations in all places when three new states of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh had been created in 2000 throughout Vajpayee’s tenure however lamented that Telangana being carved out of Andhra Pradesh led to solely bitterness and bloodshed in each the states.

The UPA authorities headed by Manmohan Singh had in 2013 cleared the formation of Telangana.

In the Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge used poetry and humour to take a swipe on the authorities, saying nothing might be completed by altering names.

He additionally recalled how Jawaharlal Nehru’s “inclusive” method of involving opposition events had led to the laying of a powerful basis for the Constitution.

Kharge started his speech with a poem in Hindi.

“Badalna hai to halat badlo, aise naam badalne se kya hota hai? Dena hein to yuva ko rozgar do, sab ko berozgar karke kya hota hai? Dil ko thoda bada karke dekho, logon ko marne se kya hota hai? Kuch kar nahi sakte ho, kursi chor do, baat baat mein darane se kya hota hai? “Apni hukumrani par guroor hai, logon ko darane se dhamkane se kya hota hai? Badalna hai to halat badlo, aise naam badalne se kya hota hai? Yahan se wahan jane mein kya aur honewala hai?” he mentioned.

(“If you want to change something, change the situation, what will be accomplished by changing names? If you want to give something, give employment to youngsters, what will be accomplished by making everyone unemployed? Try becoming more magnanimous, what will be accomplished by killing people? If you cannot do anything, leave the chair, what will be accomplished by scaring people?”).

In the Lok Sabha, Modi recalled the bravery of Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt who hurled bombs in the identical Parliament constructing to get up the British empire from its slumber.

“The echo of that bomb still gives sleepless nights to those who wish well for this country,” he mentioned.

Singh and Dutt had hurled bombs within the Delhi Central legislative meeting (the current Parliament House). The prime minister mentioned the largest achievement of those 75 years was that the frequent particular person’s belief in Parliament continues to develop.

“We may as well move to the new building, but this old building will always inspire generations to come.”

Modi mentioned it’s also an event to hail everybody who has led this House and shared their imaginative and prescient for India, starting from Pandit Nehru to Vajpayee.

They have given new route to the nation underneath their management and in the present day is an event to spotlight their achievements, the prime minister mentioned He additionally remembered Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Chandrashekhar and Lal Krishna Advani for enriching the House.

The prime minister additionally recalled the fear assault on Parliament in 2001 and remembered those that took bullets of their chests to save lots of members whereas preventing terrorists.

“It was not an attack on the building but an attack on the Mother of Democracy itself. It was an attack on the soul of India,” he mentioned.

“I also salute those who faced bullets on their chests to save the House and its members while fighting the terrorists. They are not among us, but they have protected us in a great way.”

The prime minister additionally lauded the contribution of B R Ambedkar, saying his imaginative and prescient for industrialisation, which was aimed toward bringing social justice within the nation through the first authorities of unbiased India, continues to stay on the coronary heart of each industrial coverage even in the present day.

At the identical time, there have been unhappy and emotive moments when Parliament witnessed the lack of three serving prime ministers — Nehru, Shastri and Indira Gandhi — and wealthy tributes had been paid to them, he famous.

“This House also supported the liberation of Bangladesh under the leadership of Indira Gandhi.”

At the identical time, this House additionally witnessed an assault on democracy through the Emergency and thru this House, the individuals additionally asserted their energy as we noticed the return of democracy, Modi added.

The prime minister mentioned within the post-independence interval, many realized individuals had raised numerous issues about India.

He mentioned, “They voiced apprehensions about whether India would be able to thrive, whether it would remain united, whether democracy in India would survive. But it is the power of this Parliament that the world was proven wrong. India thrived, despite all the doubts and darkness.”

On a private notice, Modi mentioned he had by no means imagined {that a} baby from a poor household, who was residing on a railway platform, would attain Parliament.

“But this is the strength of India’s democracy and a reflection of the faith of the common man of India towards democracy that a child from a poor family, living on the railway platform, reached Parliament,” he added.