Time has come to end corruption and fight it: PM
New Delhi, Aug 15(Reporters Today Bureau): India has entered the phase to fight corruption and the corrupt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.
Addressing the country from the ramparts of the Lal Quilla on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day, he said that he needs the blessings of 130 crore people to fight this menace.
He said while some people don’t have a place to live, there are some who don’t have a place to keep the looted money.
“Two big challenges we face today — corruption and ‘Parivaarvaad’ or nepotism. Corruption is hollowing the country like a termite. We have to fight it. We have to also raise awareness against nepotism (Parivaarwaad) to realise the strength of our institutions, and eradicate from the system and to take the country forward on the basis of merit,” he said.
The Prime Minister said, “In the past government, the people have looted banks and run away but now their properties are being confiscated and there is a process to bring them back and get all the money.”
The nation will not tolerate corruption, but there should be no place for corrupt people as well, Modi said and added, “Sometimes kindness is created for those who have been convicted by courts which is not right.
This should not be done, the Prime Minister said
The Prime Minister came down heavily on nepotism and said not only in different institutions but in politics too there should be a resistance against family first policy.
