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Our fight against corruption has made Oppn parties going into a huddle: Modi

Addressing a rally in Cuttack on the fourth anniversary of his government, Modi said country is moving on the right path and people have put seal of their approval on the policies of his government

Our fight against corruption has made Oppn parties going into a huddle: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a public meeting at Cuttack on the completion of four years in office. (Photo: SNS)

Pitching the ‘BJP vs the rest’ battle in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the NDA government’s commitment to fight corruption has sent “shivers down the spines of many who have come on one platform”.

Addressing a public rally here at the Bali Yatra ground on the fourth anniversary of his government, he said that it is moving on the correct path and the people have put their seal of approval on it.

The PM said that the country was governed by a single family for the most part since the Independence and the leaders worked only for the wellbeing of their near and dear ones and not the country.

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Modi listed the projects undertaken by his government in the last four years, which, he said, will give a new dimension to the country’s development. “Till 2014, only 39% of the population had access to sanitation facilities, today the figure is over 80%. From independence till 2014, there were around 6 crore toilets in the country but in last four years 7.5 crore toilets have been made,” he said.

He also accused the Naveen Patnaik government of stalling the Central government projects.

The BJP is in power in 20 states of the country which shows that people have endorsed NDA’s performance in the last four years, he said.

“Three thousand raids were conducted by various agencies and undeclared income to the tune of Rs 73,000 crore was unearthed. Tough rules against black money have sent shivers down the spines of many who have come on one platform”, Modi said in an oblique reference to the opposition parties who are grouping against the NDA.

On the four year-rule of the NDA government, he said people now believe that the country can change. The country is moving towards “susashan” (good governance) from “kusashan” (bad governance) and towards “jandhan” (public money) from “kaladhan” (black money).

“The people can now see that the NDA government is working with the motto ‘sabka sath, sabka vikas’,” he said. Noting that the NDA government is not afraid of taking tough decisions, Modi said that it is not a government of confusion.

“It is a government of commitment and it has the strength to go for surgical strike”, he said. Attacking the Congress, he said, “It has always bothered about power.”

(With inputs from PTI)

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