<span style="color: #000000;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated that his government is committed to empowering the small farmers in every way. He said, the Centre has been saying right from the first day that on whichever point there is a disagreement on the farm laws, it is ready to sit together and discuss those issues. In a wide-ranging interview with an English weekly magazine, Mr. Modi said, many meetings have also been held in this regard, but no one has come up so far with a specific point of disagreement that they want this to be changed. <br />''<br />''The Prime Minister questioned, in such a large country as India, whether it is possible to make a decision which is acceptable to 100 per cent people. He said, although if a decision is not acceptable to even a small number of people, they are not wrong. They may have their own genuine concerns, but if the decision is in larger interest, then it is the responsibility of government to implement such a decision. The Prime Minister said, there are political parties which will grandiosely make promises before elections, even put them in their manifestos. Yet, when the time comes to deliver on the same promises, the same parties and people do a complete U-turn and worse, spread the most malicious kind of misinformation on the promises they themselves had made. Mr. Modi said, if one looks at those who are opposing the pro-farmer reforms today, one will see the real meaning of intellectual dishonesty and Rajneetik Dhokhadhadi.<br />''<br />''The Prime Minister said, these were the same people who wrote letters to Chief Ministers asking them to do the exact same thing that the Central Government has done. These were the same people who wrote in their manifesto that they would enact the same reforms. Yet, just because some other political party, blessed by the will of the people, is enacting the same reforms, they have made a complete U-turn.<br />''<br />''Mr. Modi said, empowering people by making upward mobility achievable has become one of the fundamental motivations for him. He added that it is important that every youngster get opportunities. He also said, opportunities do not merely refer to assistance that keeps them dependent, but the support that makes them self-reliant to fulfil their aspirations with dignity.<br />''<br />''In the wide-ranging interview, the Prime Minister talked about his journey from Gandhinagar to New Delhi, the challenges of governance, his vision for India in the world.</span><br />
News On AIR | October 2, 2021 2:06 PM
PM reiterates his govt's commitment to empower small farmers in every way; stresses upon need to make every youngster of country self reliant