Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave his vote of thanks on Monday (8 February) to President of India Ram Nath Kovind and after that took a dig on professional protesters by calling them as Aandolanjeevis, and warned that India needs to protect itself from such people, reports Swarajya.
“We are aware of words like Shramjeevi, Buddhijeevi, but I am observing that a new Jamaat has recently taken birth in India known as Aandolanjeevi”, said PM Modi.
In address, the PM said that Aandolanjeevi Jamaat is seen everywhere be it student protests, lawyer protests or labour protests.
“They sometimes remain behind the curtain our appear in the public. This Aandolanjeevi group cannot live without protests and its members continually keep finding ways to stoke protests”, said Modi.
He was categorical when he said that these Aandolanjeevis do nothing but mislead people and the nation and it is important to identify them and he called the Aandolanjeevis are Parjeevis (Parasites).
We are aware of words like Shramjeevi, Buddhijeevi, but I am observing that a new Jamaat has recently taken birth in India known as Aandolanjeevi. This Aandolanjeevis cannot live without protests and its members continually keep finding ways to stoke protests. #PMinRajyaSabha pic.twitter.com/QHLwUPjEbg
— P C Mohan (@PCMohanMP) February 8, 2021
Then he trained his gun on former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s pro-farm reform views. He said what I am doing is implementing what Manmohan Singh once said.
“There are other rigidities because of the who marketing regime setup in the 1930s which prevent our farmers from selling their produce where they get the highest rate of return. It is our intention to remove all those handicaps which come in the way of India realising its vast potential as one large common market”, Prime Minister Modi quoted Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha.
Modi said he hopes that those who did a U-Turn now will now pay attention to Manmohan Singh’s comments advocating freedom for farmers to sell their produce and a common farming market.
“You should be proud to know that Modi is having to do what Manmohan Singh said”, he added.
He even mentioned NCP leader and former Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar who have advocated for farm reforms.
Modi said it is ironic that those opposing the farm laws have implemented the same to some extent in their own state governments and also made it very clear that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime will continue to remain in force.
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