My Battle Against Corruption Is Uncompromising, No One Will Be Spared: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his resolve to fight corruption was “uncompromising” and that no one would be spared.
In his address to the extended national executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Modi said he has no relatives and took a jibe at the Opposition, maintaining that power was a means of “enjoyment for them when they were in power”.
Modi told the meeting that the Opposition's “harsh” words cannot be a substitute for any substantive charge against the government. Opposition parties have been attacking the Modi government over demonetisation citing recent economic indicators. His comments at the closed-door meeting were shared with the media by senior party leader Arun Jaitley.
Modi asked close to 2,000 BJP leaders, which included 13 chief ministers, six deputy chief ministers, over 60 union ministers besides Parliamentarians and legislators, to take the party beyond elections and make it an instrument of mass participation to improve quality of people's lives.
Earlier, the party adopted a six-point agenda to rid the country of poverty, terrorism, casteism, communalism and corruption.
“My battle against corruption is uncompromising. Anyone caught indulging in corruption will not be spared. I have no relatives,” the prime minister was quoted as saying by Jaitley.
Modi talked about his government's “relentless” fight against terrorism, including bringing back 90 terrorists from abroad, welfare initiatives for the poor and the farmer.
Modi said the masses look towards BJP for their future. “BJP should not restrict itself to conventional politics of contesting and winning elections. The democracy should be seen beyond elections. The party should work for increasing mass participation in democracy. We should take BJP beyond elections and make it a instrument of mass participation to improve quality of life of the people,” Modi was quoted as saying by Jaitley.
The prime minister referred to initiatives such as Swachh Bharat and said it had become a movement of public welfare due to mass participation. Modi also asked his party leaders to become a link between people's problems and government.
The main point of prime minister Modi's speech was that we should make the BJP an instrument of mass participation to improve people's quality of life.Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister
When asked if the Doklam standoff will be an issue in the elections, Jaitley said everything cannot be a poll issue.
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