Mumbai: Before addressing the first Parliament session today Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said they need not “bother about their numbers” as their every word is “valuable” to the government.
He urged all MPs to focus on unbiased in the House and issues related to the national interest.
While addressing the media outside the Parliament before the beginning of the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha, Modi said, “When we come to the Parliament, then we should forget the ‘party’ (treasury) and ‘opposition’ (opposition) We should think about issues, with the ‘unbiased’ (neutral) spirit and work in the larger interest of the nation.”
He also highlighted the importance of active opposition in a parliamentary democracy, Modi said that he hopes that the opposition will “actively talk and participate in the proceedings of the House … I hope this session will be productive.”
“The role of an opposition and active opposition is the important prerequisite in a parliamentary democracy. The opposition need not bother about their numbers. I hope they speak actively and participate in House proceedings…their every word…every feeling is valuable to us,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that during his first tenure his government had worked on the principle of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ (all along, everyone’s development) and people repeatedly believed in it for the second time. As a result, after several decades, a government has been re-elected with a clear majority, he said.
