Don’t fear standing with industrialists, my intentions clean: PM Modi

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has slammed the opposition parties, holding them answerable for what he called the ‘ills the country has been facing for 70 years’. Attacking them for calling industrialists ‘chor and luterey’, Modi said that he did not hesitate in standing with them as his ‘intentions’ are clear.

He congratulated the Uttar Pradesh government and industrialists for their commitment for development.”We are not those who are scared of standing next to businessmen,” he said, adding like farmers, bankers, government employees and labourers, industrialists also contributed to the development of the country.

“You cannot have blot on you simply by standing with anyone if your intentions are good and clear. Gandhiji’s (Father of the Nation) intentions were so pure that he never hesitated in staying with Birla family,” he said. “Public mey milna nahi, parde ke peeche sab kuch karna hai. Woh dartey rahtey hain, (Those who do not meet publicly and do everything behind curtains remain scared),” he said.  Amar Singh, former Samajwadi Party leader, is sitting here and he can give you all the details, Modi said with a laughter.

“Should we insult them (industrialists and businessmen) by labelling them as ‘chor’ and ‘luterey’. What is this? Those who will do wrong will have to leave the country or spend life in the jail. This was not done earlier because everything was done behind curtains…” “Kiske jahaj me log ghoomte pata nahi kya (Are you not aware on whose plane, they used to travel),” he said without naming anyone.