Narendra Modi fires salvo at Sonia Gandhi
‘One should not be so arrogant as to avoid correcting mistakes’ - PM on land bill
New Delhi: Hitting back at Sonia Gandhi for her sharp attacks on him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday suggested that she had been an “unconstitutional” authority exercising “real” power over the PMO during the UPA rule whereas power was now wielded only by constitutional means.
On his style of functioning: Perhaps, she is referring to the fact that earlier extra-constitutional authorities were the ones really wielding power. If the charge is that we are working through constitutional channels and not listening to any extra constitutional authorities, then I plead guilty to that charge.
On concentration of power: Your question is loaded. It would have been better if this question had been asked when an unconstitutional authority was sitting above the constitutional authority and exercising power over the PMO. Prime Minister and the PMO are very much part of the constitution.
On Rahul’s ‘suit-boot ki jibe: We thought Congress would learn from their defeat, but it looks that they prove the earlier saying that if con is the opposite of pro, then Congress is the opposite of progress.
On Land Bill: The Act was amended by the previous government without even 120 minutes of discussion. One should not be so arrogant as to avoid correcting mistakes.
P2G2: Our focus will be on P2G2, i.e. Pro-active, Pro-people Good Governance reforms. Another aspect we will emphasize and strengthen is that the State and the Centre are one team.