Congress Era of Corruption Drowned Our Nation Into Despair: PM Modi in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the nation has blessed NDA for their zero-tolerance policy towards corruption. During his reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi said, “The country has blessed us for our zero-tolerance policy towards corruption. Today India's credibility has increased across the world. The sole aim of our every policy, every decision, every action has been India first”, PM Modi said amid Opposition sloganeering.”

The Prime Minister further said, "There was a period of scams when it was shamelessly accepted publicly that if 1 rupee is sent from Delhi, only 15 paise reaches. In 1 rupee, there is a scam of 85 paise. This world of scams had drowned the country in the depths of despair. There was policy paralysis, we were in the fragile 5. If a poor person wants to buy a house, he had to give bribe of thousands of rupees. For gas connection, people had to make rounds to the MPs and even then they did not get a gas connection."

PM Modi's reply to the Motion of Thanks came a day after Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi's controversial 'Anti-Hindu' remarks, drew nationwide anger. 

In his first speech as the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi had launched a no-holds-barred attack on the BJP, accusing the leaders of the ruling party of dividing people on communal lines.

Gandhi's remarks drew massive protests from the treasury benches and a rare intervention from the prime minister, who slammed the Congress leader for calling the entire Hindu community violent.

Earlier today, PM Modi spoke to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) members, his first address to the ruling party MPs in this Parliament session after winning a historic third term as Prime Minister. During the meeting, the Prime Minister reportedly advised all NDA MPs to avoid behaving like Congress leader Rahul Gandhi did in the Lok Sabha.