Not allowed to present our view in Parl: PM Modi

“Parliament has not been allowed to function for 20 days. We are ready for a debate (on demonetisation) but we are not being allowed to present our view point by those very parties that have been discarded by the electorate,” he said. 

Modi was addressing BJP’s Parivartan Yatra through mobile phone from Lucknow after the IAF chopper carrying him failed to land in Bahraich due to poor visibility. “They (opposition) come to the Well of the House...throw paper at the Speaker. We want to put forth the government’s view point...but they are not allowing us to do so,” he said. 

On demonetisation, he said, “You must have seen that the government is after people who have stashed black money. The government is committed to empowering the poor. The people are also taking pain to ensure the country moves on the path of development.”

Attacking Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, Modi said both the parties are talking in the “same tone”. He said both the parties are facing “hardship” due to note ban. 

Modi said only BJP can fulfil aspirations of the people of Uttar Pradesh and appealed to the electorate in Awadh region to vote for the party in the upcoming Assembly polls. 

“For Uttar Pradesh to progress, poverty and goondaraj need to be removed,” he said. 

“Police are helping those indulging in hooliganism. We have to crush those patronising ‘goondagardi’ (hooliganism). BJP will fulfil aspirations of the people of the state,” he said. 

However, within hours of Modi slamming the opposition, Mayawati hit back at the Prime Minister, saying it was a classic case of pot calling kettle black. 

“By blaming opposition parties, the Prime Minister is running away from government’s responsibility and answerability...But his remarks are totally wrong. It is like pot calling kettle black,” she said in a press release in Lucknow. Mayawati said Modi was harping on the same tune and his speech at BJP’s Parivartan Yatra in Bahraich, addressed through mobile phone from Lucknow, was no different.