NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at ‘right talking’ critics of his government’s decisions such as the new citizenship law and scrapping of special status for Jammu and Kashmir, saying they have hatred for people who walk the path of ‘doing the right things’ and break the status quo.
Speaking at the ET Global Business Summit, he said the global economy has been going through a difficult phase but the fundamentals of the Indian economy are strong and policies are clear that will aid in reaching the target of nearly doubling the size of the economy to $5 trillion.
As it happened: PM Modi’s address at ET Global Business Summit
In his strongest attack on critics yet, Modi said the ‘right talking’ gang advocates for rights of migrants world over but are opposed to India giving citizenship to persecuted minorities of neighbouring nations.
This gang talks of protecting the Constitution but opposes the removal of temporary provision of Article 370 and full implementation of the Indi