Modi pushes for reform and welfare agenda

Says there is a public mood in favour of his government

Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his deputy, Kiren Rijiju, after the BJP parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday.

On the penultimate day of the budget session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commended the treasury benches, terming it a “winner” for the legislative business that had been accomplished and declaring that there was a “positive” public mood in favour of his government.

Addressing the BJP Parliamentary Party on Tuesday, Mr. Modi pushed for a reform and welfare agenda with the political winds in favour of his government. “In 2014, people voted for us with hope; in 2015-15, they started to believe and in 2017, they are convinced that it is only our government that can fulfil that hope for change,” he said.

A slew of Bills

Briefing presspersons following the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said Mr. Modi had called the session very constructive, with the Lok Sabha passing 21 Bills and the Rajya Sabha 14. These include the GST Bills and also the politically important bill according constitutional status to the Backward Classes Commission.

On Monday evening, the Prime Minister spoke in the same vein to the NDA constituents who had gathered in full strength for the first time since the formation of the government.