Lok Sabha Session: PM Modi Calls For 'Responsible' Opposition, Remembers 1975 Emergency As 'Black Spot' 10 Quotes


(MENAFN- Live Mint) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sent a message of constructive criticism to the Opposition, saying that the“nation needs a responsible opposition, and people want substance not slogans, diligence not disturbance.”

After returning to Parliament as Prime Minister for the third time, PM Narendra Modi recalled the impact of the Emergency imposed in 1975 by former PM Indira Gandhi. PM Modi also resolved to begin the 18th Lok Sabha session to build a 'Shreshta Bharat' and 'Viksit Bharat'.
Here are top quotes from PM Modi's speech.

-Modi noted that Emergency's 50th anniversary falls on June 25, and described it as a "black spot" on India's democracy when Constitution was discarded.

-"The people of the country have given us an opportunity for the third time. This is a great victory, a grand victory. Our responsibility increased threefold...So, I assure the countrymen that in our third tenure, we will work three times harder and we will get three-time results."

-"Want to assure people our govt will work three times more in its third term and deliver three times more," PM Modi.

-"People have given our govt mandate for a third term, have put stamp of approval on our policies, intentions," PM Modi.

-"After the Independence, this is the first time, the oath-taking ceremony is happening in the new Parliament. It used to happen in the old Parliament. I would like to congratulate and welcome all the newly-elected MPs on this important day," says PM Modi.

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