Providing benefit to needy across all sections of society is true social justice and secularism: PM Modi
The HinduPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said providing benefits of government schemes to the needy ireespective of caste and religion is true secularism, adding that the selective approach of previous governments towards development forced a sizeable population in the country to yearn for basic facilities. This is the social justice that J.P. and Lohia dreamed of,” said Mr. Modi in Lucknow launching 14,000 projects across Uttar Pradesh worth more than ₹10 lakh crore at the fourth ground-breaking ceremony for investment proposals received during the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit. Lauding the transformation of Uttar Pradesh in the last seven years under the Bharatiya Janata Party regime, the PM said it was unimaginable seven years ago that such a favourable environment for investments would come in the State, due to high rate of crime and communal flare-ups. In the last seven years, a red carpet culture has replaced the red tape culture,” added Mr. Modi, who is a Member of Parliament from Varanasi.