Some People Cannot Accept Transparency: PM's Dig At Opposition On Electoral Bonds

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said some people have issues with anything that is undertaken to ensure transparency and these days electoral bonds have become “their favorite topic”. Modi’s remarks were his first since the issue of electoral bonds snowballed into a political flashpoint following a report by a news portal that the Reserve Bank of India and the Election Commission had reservations against the bonds but were overruled by his Government. In an apparent swipe at the Congress, Modi also said the “sensitive and emotional” Ayodhya issue could have been solved much earlier, but due to the “vote bank” politics of some parties it got dragged for so long. Modi, while addressing Republic TV Summit here, said Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir was a temporary provision in the Constitution from day one but due to the “political selfishness of some people and families”, it was considered as permanent.

Taking a dig at the Opposition led by the Congress, he said that there was a pattern to some people raising issues just before every parliamentary session. “These people resort to some of the other lies and then it is imposed on everyone. If you recall that some people resorted to chaos over NPAs (nonperforming assets)… There was a pattern,” he said. “Before the session, the news is planted or made a piece of breaking news. There was a similar pattern in NPAs, EVMs, Rafale (fighter jet deal) and a few days back when the government cut down the corporate tax, they again started,” Modi said.

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