Country is changing but some minds refuse to change, says Modi at UP rally

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that he would continue to serve the people as their “pradhan sevak” and he was committed to the empowerment of the poor.

The Prime Minister, while addressing a massive rally in Saharanpur to mark two years in office on Thursday, mounted a scathing attack on the previous (read Congress) governments but did not name any party or individual.

“Yeh desh badal raha hai magar kuchh logon ka dimaag nahin badal raha hai (the country is changing but minds of some people are not),” he said in an obvious reference to the Opposition.

No blot of corruption: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that he would continue to serve the people and was committed to the empowerment of the poor. He also announced that the retirement age for government doctors will be raised to 65.

“A decision to this effect will be taken at a Cabinet meeting this week and I am doing this because new doctors cannot be created in a short time and the people of this country cannot be expected to go without medical care,” he said. The Prime Minister also appealed to all doctors in the country to offer free treatment to pregnant women who are poor on the ninth of each month.

“I appeal to all doctors to give 12 days in a year for their poor sisters and mothers and this is not asking for too much,” he said. “Two years ago, on the TV, in the newspapers and on street corners, there was talk of corruption. My aim was to stop the loot and when we came to power, I was shocked to see the extent of corruption that had taken place. In the past two years, my biggest achievement is that there has been no blot of corruption on my government and even our rivals have not levelled any allegation of corruption against us,” he said. Mr Modi said that before he came to power, states used to get 35 per cent of the funds while the Centre kept 65 per cent of the money with itself.