In ‘New India’, noose tightening on corruption, nepotism: PM Modi in France

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was the strength of 1.25 billion Indians that had powered the big decisions taken by his government in the first 75-days of re-election. He was addressing the Indian diaspora in Paris during his visit to France on Friday amidst chants of “Modi hai to Mumkin hai” at the UNESCO headquarters.

The Prime Minister said India-France ties were beyond friendship. “There was no single platform in the world where the two countries had not worked together. So, I devote this day to India-France relations,” he said.

He mentioned criminalizing the practice of “Triple Talaq” along with several other welfare schemes while recounting some of the “big” decisions taken by his government in “only 75-days” of existence.

“Triple Talaq, was an inhuman practice, we have ended the practice that had the sword of Triple Talaq hang over hundreds of thousands of Muslim women for years,” he said, adding that his government had set some goals for the country that were considered “impossible to achieve earlier”. He listed the “record number of bank accounts” opened and the beneficiaries covered under PM’s Central health scheme as some important milestones.

 Modi’s Paris diplomacy: Macron fully backs India’s stand on Kashmir issuePrime Minister Narendra Modi addressed media with French president Emanuel Macron on the first day of his three-nation tour. He spoke about Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan’s diplomatic campaign against India.

“We have showed red card to several evil social practices in the last five years,” he said and added “In the New India, there was a campaign against looting of public money, nepotism, and terrorism among others.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, the mandate given to him in 2019 elections was “not just to run India but to create a new India”, adding that the country had seen “several positive developments in the last 5-years during which the youth, women, farmers and the poor were put at the centre of government’s programmes.” He also said that several studies had confirmed rapid eradication of poverty in India.

“There was no place for temporary in India,” he said in a veiled reference to his government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. “It took us 70-years to remove temporary,” said the Prime Minister.