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