Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation

Salient Points of PM Modi’s address to the farmers at inauguration ceremony of Amul units in Deesa, Gujarat on 10 Dec, 2016

  • The farmer of North Gujarat has shown to the world what he or she is capable of
  • I am told it is after a very long time that a Prime Minister is visiting Banaskantha. But, I am here not as PM but as a son of this soil
  • There was a time when people from Kutch & Banaskantha would leave their homes in search of better opportunities. It is not the case now
  • When I took over as Chief Minister, I would tell farmers that you need to focus on water as much as you focus on electricity
  • The farmers in Banaskantha heard my request and embraced drip irrigation. This changed their lives and lives of future generations
  • The farmers here turned to dairy and animal husbandry. This was beneficial for the farmers
  • Along with ‘Shwet Kranti’, here there is also a ‘Sweet Kranti.’ People are being trained in honey products
  • The cheese of Amul brand is very popular worldwide
  • Today everyone in the nation is discussing the issue of currency notes
  • We took the decision on currency notes to strengthen the hands of the poor of the nation
  • For how long can poor of India be told to pay for houses in cash. For how long will poor be asked- you want Pucca bill or Kuccha bill
  • With our step on currency notes, we have been successful in weakening the hands of terrorists, those in fake currency rackets
  • Who is unhappy with corruption? Not those perpetrating corruption…it is the poor, the common citizens who are unhappy
  • We are standing with the poor of the nation
  • We belong to a nation where we do not think- what my interest. We are not a selfish nation. We think about future generations
  • Parliament is not being allowed to function
  • Happenings in Parliament anguished our President, who has tremendous political experience
  • Government has always said we are ready to debate. I am not being allowed to speak in Lok Sabha so I am speaking in the Jan Sabha
  • From the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel I want to share something with my friends in the Opposition
  • Yes, during elections we have a lot of heated debates. But we all call for increased voter turnout
  • Likewise, yes, you can oppose me but do teach people about banking, using technology for financial transactions
  • Merely talking about the poor is different from working for the poor, something that the NDA government is always doing
  • Today your banks and wallets are in your mobile. This is how things have changed
  • I urge you all to integrate people with e-banking, e-wallets
  • India wants to progress. Corruption and black money is slowing our progress and adversely affecting the poor. These evils have to end
  • These games of looting the poor and exploiting the middle classes will now be history

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