PM Modi accoladesJawahar Lal Nehru reminiscing memories at old parliament building Stroke of Midnight inspired all..’
PM Modi accoladesJawahar Lal Nehru reminiscing memories at old parliament building
Stroke of Midnight inspired all..’
PM Modi heaped praises on Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, and recalls memories at old parliament building. This followed with the beginning of special session.
He asserted that When he first entered this building as member, he never imagined that he will get so much love from people adding that the emotional moment to bid goodbye to this building; many bitter-sweet memories have been associated with it.”
Further speaking on the best moments in the building, he noted, “Post-Independence, many expressed doubts about country’s success; but the power of this Parliament proved naysayers wrong”
And went on to add, that the biggest accomplishment of 75 years of this House is the ever-growing trust of the people in Parliament.
On the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, on Tuesday, the working of the parliament will be shifted to the new building. Noting the same, he said, We will move to new Parliament building, but this old building will also always inspire coming generations”
PM Modi on Monday heaped praises on the vision of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and subsequent leaders, including Lal Bahadur Shastri,
P V Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but also reminded the Lok Sabha of the ‘cash-for-vote’ scam amid the Manmohan Singh government.
He remembered Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Chandrashekhar and Lal Krishna Advani for enriching the House.
The prime minister also lauded B R Ambedkar’s contribution saying his vision for industrialisation, which was aimed at bringing social justice in the country during the first government of independent India, continues to remain at the heart of every industrial policy even today.
He noted that at the same time, there have been sad and emotive moments when Parliament witnessed loss of three serving prime ministers — Nehru, Shastri and Indira Gandhi and they were paid rich tributes.
Ahead of the session,
PM Modi on Monday said that the special session of Parliament will witness “historic decisions”.
“PM Modi further mentioned that all decisions of the time to make India a developed country by 2047 will be taken in the new Parliament building.
He further added that at this time, we all are feeling an atmosphere of enthusiasm and a new confidence in the entire country. At the same time, this session of Parliament is taking place. This session is short, but in terms of time, it is very big. This is a session of historic decisions. A speciality of this session is that the journey of 75 years is starting from a new destination.
Adding further, he advocated that now, while taking forward the journey from a new place, we have to make the country a developed country by 2047. For this, all the decisions will be taken in the new Parliament building.
The five-day special session of Parliament kicked-off at 11 am today, Monday, 18 September.
News Edit K.V.Raman
