New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made it clear that any decision on bringing an Ordinance on Ram temple can be considered only after the judicial process gets over.
PM Modi gave an exclusive interview to newswire ANI in which the Prime Minister talked on the range of issues including Ram Mandir, Surgical Strikes, Demonetisation.
He suggested that the judicial process was being slowed down because Congress lawyers were creating ‘obstacles’ in the Supreme Court.
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“We have said in our BJP manifesto that a solution would be found to this issue under the ambit of the Constitution,” the Prime Minister said about the Ram temple matter when asked whether the Ram Mandir issue had been relegated as merely an emotive issue for the BJP.
Here are the highlights from the interview
- On cross border attacks from Pakistan even after surgical strike PM Modi said: “Ek ladai se Pakistan sudhar jayega, yeh sochna bohot badi ghalti hogi. Pakistan ko sudharne mein abhi aur samay lagega.”
- PM Modi while talking about Surgical Strikes said that he didn’t want any harm to come to the commandos who were “willing to sacrifice their lives on our word.”
- Prime Minister disclosed that the commandos for the operation were chosen carefully and then imparted special training. Whatever equipment was required, it was arranged for them, he said.
- “In the morning, information flow stopped, for an hour. My anxiety increased. Even one hour after sunrise. That time was extremely difficult for me.
- PM Modi said that even before the country was informed about the strikes, Pakistan was told about it.
- On Uri attack, PM Modi said, “That incident made me restless and there was rage within me. I had gone to Kerala and made a mention of this. Because I could not stop myself.
- “This wasn’t a jhatka. We had warned people a year before, that if you have such wealth (black money), you can deposit it, pay penalties and you will be helped out. However, they thought Modi too would behave like others so very few came forward voluntarily,” PM Modi said on Demonetisation.
- On Urjit Patel resignation as RBI Governor, PM Modi said: He himself requested(to resign)on personal reasons. I am revealing for the first time, he was telling me about it for past 6-7 months before his resignation. He gave it even in writing. No question of political pressure. He did a good job as RBI Governor.
- PM Modi further attacked the Congress, he said: “It is a fact that those considered first family, who ran the country for four generations, are out on bail, that too for financial irregularities. It is a big thing. A set of people, who are at their service, are trying to suppress such information and push other narratives.”
- On 2019 elections PM Modi said: “It is going to be ‘Janta’ versus ‘gathbandhan’. Modi is just a manifestation of public love and blessings.”
- On loan waivers by Congress state Govts, PM Modi said: To say a lie and mislead, that is what I called lollipop. Like saying ‘we have waived all farm loans’. The truth is that nothing like that has happened. Please see their own circulars, they should not mislead.
- Replying to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ jibe, PM Modi said: “The way someone thinks is the way someone talks. Have GST processes not been done taking a consensus with all political parties in the country? Since Pranab Mukherjee was FM, the GST process has been going on.”
- The Ordinance on Triple Talaq came in the light of a verdict by the SC. It did not come before that. For years, why was there no determined effort to end Triple Talaq: PM Modi
- Triple Talaq is not a religion issue. This is about gender justice. Several Islamic nations have banned it: PM Modi
- In 2019, the people of India will set the agenda. They know who is with their aspirations and who is not: PM Modi on upcoming general elections.
(With ANI inputs)