Team News Riveting
New Delhi, December 26
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the Congress and said those in power in Puducherry were not carrying out local polls but giving him lessons in democracy.
Launching the to extend the benefits of Ayushman Bharat to all residents of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Modi lashed out at the Congress for offering him lessons in democracy while “not carrying out panchayat and municipal polls” in Puducherry, a UT where the opposition party is in power.
Attacking the Congress without naming it, he said some people in Delhi offer him lessons in democracy day in and day out, and use “abuses” for him, but they have not carried out panchayat polls in Puducherry despite a Supreme Court order.
In a recent attack on the Modi government over the farmers’ agitation against the three new agri laws, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had claimed that there is “no democracy” in India.
The Prime Minister congratulated the people of Jammu and Kashmir for strengthening democracy. He said the election of the District Development Council has written a new chapter. He complimented the people for reaching the voting booth despite the cold and corona.
“These elections in Jammu and Kashmir also showed the strength of democracy in our country,” Modi said. The youths of Jammu and Kashmir are easily getting loans and moving on the path of peace. The people who are living in Jammu and Kashmir for many years are now getting domicile certificates. People of economically weaker sections in general category are getting reservation now so are the hill dwellers and people living in border areas.
