Modi: UCC, ONOE Left To Finish BJP’s Agenda
PM says NDA committed to Women’s quota by 2029 poll
New Delhi: Hailing the dedication and sacrifice of BJP karyakartas and the leadership in bringing the ruling party to its current position, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Uniform Civil Code and “One Nation, One Election” are two of the party’s unfinished agendas. He also stressed that the BJP always fulfils its promises.
Virtually addressing the BJP workers on the party’s 47th foundation day, Modi said the BJP-led NDA government is fully committed to ensuring the Women’s Reservation Act is implemented in the 2029 general election. Mr Modi said the BJP is the only political outfit in the country whose guiding principle is “Nation First”, and believes in “all-inclusiveness and regional balance”, as he noted the BJP-led NDA alliance is now more than 25 years old.
Describing the RSS as a “vat vriksha”, Mr Modi said that the BJP took inspiration from the Sangh to step into politics with good intentions and integrity. The BJP was formed on April 6, 1980. Several BJP leaders, including its president Nitin Nabin, Union home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, as well as Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, among others, congratulated party workers and recalled their dedication and commitment.
Modi also targeted the Congress, saying that BJP workers endured many hardships, including the Emergency and oppression, under the rule of the “Grand Old Party”. He also mentioned how the party workers are facing hardships and have even sacrificed their lives in states like West Bengal and Kerala, “where violence has been turned into political culture”.
Assembly polls are due in these two states this month. In his message to the BJP workers, Modi also noted that the Congress had won a record number of seats in 1984, and said the country had also witnessed how they betrayed the people. “This increased people’s trust in the BJP, and slowly we began to win seats. At that time, two types of political ideologies existed, one was power-driven, and the other was service-oriented. The politics that prioritised power gradually declined, and service-oriented politics gained massive public support. Today, we are proud that through our conduct, we have established a new principle in Indian politics: the principle of nation first,” he said.
