Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Opposition while delivering a speech on the occasion of 77th Independence Day on Tuesday. He said the life mantra for a few political parties is "party of the family, by the family and for the family". He went on to say that India needs to get rid of this dynasty politics.
Addressing the 77th Independence Day celebrations from the ramparts of Red Fort, PM Modi said, "Today, 'parivarvaad' (dynasty politics) and appeasement has caused much misfortune for our country...'parivarvaad' parties cannot strengthen the democracy in India. For them, their life mantra is — party of the family, by the family and for the family..."
"Therefore, it is important that India gets rid of this dynasty politics in a bid to strengthen the democracy of India," he added.
The prime minister condemned corruption, nepotism and appeasement as the three evils that have harmed the country immensely. He added that corruption has badly affected India's capabilities and the country has to resolve to not tolerate it in any form. He also said that the politics of appeasement has inflicted the most harm on social justice.
PM Modi said it is a collective responsibility to promote "suchita (probity), pardarshita (transparency), nishpakshta (objectivity)" to make India developed. "It is Modi's life-long commitment to keep fighting against corruption...My government weeded out 10 crore fake beneficiaries of welfare schemes, seizure of ill-gotten assets rose by 20 times," he said.
(With inputs from agencies)
First Published: Aug 15, 2023 9:18 AM IST
