October 30, 2017 2:01 AM

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PM Narendra Modi criticizes Congress culture of stalling projects and keeping them pending

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today criticised the alleged "Congress culture" of stalling projects and keeping them pending, and said his government had taken steps to end it. <br/><br/>He was speaking after inaugurating the 107 km Bidar-Kalaburagi railway line in Karnataka, built at a cost of 1,542 crore rupees. The project was conceived in 1994. <br/><br/>He said that the Congress' work culture is hinder, delay and mislead to stall projects. He said thousands of such projects in the country that was started to reap political mileage but later get stalled. Mr Modi said the delay in implementing the projects led to cost overruns and the previous government was to be blamed for this "criminal negligence".He said that the BJP government has given importance to time-bound work culture. <br/>'<br/>The Prime Minister also reaffirmed his government's commitment to fighting corruption.He said people of the country would not forgive those who run their businesses with "bags filled with notes". He said such people now feel they have been looted due to demonetisation and that they are now in distress. He said there was a dishonest business of about four thousand rupees in five thousand of the three lakh shell companies, which were closed by the Government.<br/>'<br/>On the Goods and Services Tax, Mr Modi said all state governments were part of decisions related to it and its implementation was a collective decision of all parties.<br/>

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