Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that democracy “cannot be restricted to elections and government only” and everyone must feel that he or she is working for the country’s progress.
Taking a dig at Congress for disrupting Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that “democracy cannot function at the whims and fancies of anyone”.
“It is a matter of sorrow that Parliament is not running. Democracy cannot function at the whims and fancies of anyone,” PM Modi said at an event in Delhi.
“People only talk about the Good and Services Tax(GST) bill, but many other pro-poor steps are stuck in Parliament,” he said.
Congress had been disrupting proceedings in both houses of Parliament alleging political vendetta against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case.
“Our definition of democracy cannot be restricted to elections and government only. Democracy is strengthened by Jan Bhagidari (people’s participation),” said Modi at the Jagran Forum of Jagran News.
Modi said, “I want to make India’s development journey a ‘mass movement’” and that, “everyone must feel he or she is working for India’s progress”.
He also there were several measures other than the crucial GST bill that were pending in parliament for the poor.
“People only talk about GST and parliament but there are also several other measures for the poor that are pending in parliament.”
He said: “Mahatma Gandhi brought a big change in the freedom struggle. He made it a ‘Jan Andolan’ – (mass movement)”.
“The first thing is to have faith in the people and their strengths.”