Congress use to recite the word ''poor'' hundred times a day-PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the previous Congress government of indulging in hypocrisy, and said it used to recite the word ''poor'' hundred times a day like a "song", but did not work for their welfare. Speaking during a video interaction with Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) beneficiaries from Madhya Pradesh, he also said that there was distortion in the system of the previous government.

Modi said with the change in the functioning of the government now, the schemes were reaching the beneficiaries, PM Modi also said work was on to mitigate the problems being faced on the employment front. He accused the previous government of keeping the poor and villagers away from basic amenities like roads, electricity, housing, cooking fuel, banking etc, and said, . They recited the word poor like a song, but did not adopt their welfare in practice. Such acts are called hypocrisy. They did not give these facilities to the poor but used to express false sympathy.

Talking about his government's measures, he said as many as 80 crore Indians received free ration during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. "India gave the first priority to the poor in its strategy to combat the crisis due to coronavirus. Be it Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana or Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana, we thought about food and employment of the poor from day one itself," he said. PM Modi said that the country gave priority to ''Made in India'' while making all these arrangements against the pandemic.