PM Modi Takes A Dig At The Opposition, Says Their Mantra Is 'Of , By, For The Family'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (18 July) accused the opposition parties of going by the mantra 'of, by, and for the family'.

He said: "People are saying that this gathering is to promote corruption. The opposition parties have given a clean chit to the DMK despite corruption cases in Tamil Nadu. The left and the Congress are also mum on panchayat poll violence in West Bengal despite attacks on their cadre."

The Prime Minister added: "They [opposition parties] are not concerned about the development of the children of the country's poor. Their common minimum programme is to increase corruption for their family.

"Democracy means 'of the people, by the people, for the people'. But these dynastic parties have the mantra of 'of the family, by the family, for the family'. For them, their family is first, and the nation is nothing."

PM Modi virtually inaugurated the new integrated terminal building of the Veer Savarkar Airport in Port Blair on Tuesday. He said the facility will strengthen tourism as well as the economy of the archipelago.

According to him, tourist inflows to Andaman and Nicobar Islands have doubled since 2014 and will increase further in the coming years due to the development of infrastructure in the archipelago.