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![]() He said if the unity of India is destroyed, then the "dreams" of the people will also be shattered as the country looking forward to development and progress.Modi, in his second Independence Day address, focussed largely on the issue of corruption and asserted that the steps taken by his government over the last 15 months to deal with this "termite" had started yielding results. Responding to opposition criticism that nothing is happening on dealing with the problem of black money, he said "some people love to spread pessimism" as he informed that about Though he did not name anybody, his remarks assume significance as Rahul Gandhi had only last week in Parliament questioned what had been done on dealing with black money."There is a lot of talk in our country about corruption. It is like a sick person giving suggestions to others on how to remain healthy, there are people who are themselves corrupt, who give suggestions on how to deal with corruption," the Prime Minister said."Giving suggestions to each other is also an art. I want to give an account today...We have not shown our commitment to fight corruption by addressing press conferences. We are working on the ground. We have shown results," he said.He said corruption had become a part of the system and "contractors were running the nation".Noting that his government had taken steps to correct the system, he said corruption has to be "severed from the system" and it has to start from the top. He said the "termite" had spread wide and deep but nobody took any action against it over the last 60 years and it is only his government which started dealing with it.Mentioning the new Act made on black money, he said people have been complaining that it is "too tough" a law. "We have received messages that the law is too tough and it should be diluted," he said, without naming anybody.He spoke about a number of initiatives to end corruption and bring transparency and proposed doing away with the practice interviews for small jobs, contending that this becomes a route for corruption."One form of corruption is through jobs... Why should there be interview? I am yet to come across any psychologist who can assess anybody in two minutes (of interview). I have to stop this 'bimari' (practice)... Let us end the requirement of an interview for small jobs immediately," he said, adding he would make a request to states also in this regard. Referring to the much-anticipated OROP, he said the government has "in-principle accepted" it and he was hopeful of a positive outcome of the ongoing discussions which are in the "last stage".In his first Independence Day speech from Red Fort last year, he had announced a number of significant decisions and schemes like disbanding the Planning Commission and launch of Swachh Bharat and Jandhan schemes."All governments make programmes but what matters is implementation," he said.Agency |
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