NGOs want to defame me, says Narendra Modi

Slamming critical NGOs and black-marketeers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused them of conspiring to destabilise his government and “defame” him and asserted that he will carry on with his work without bowing to any machinations.

He said “some people” were not able to digest the fact that a “chai wala” (tea seller) has become the PM and hence were conspiring all the time to bring him down. He was addressing a farmers’ rally here after a brief visit to Chhattisgarh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government is for the poor, dalits and other oppressed and deprived sections of the society as he launched the ambitious ‘Rurban Mission’ for developing 300 villages across India as urban growth centres.

While enlisting the measures taken by his government for the welfare of the farmers, a combative Mr Modi told the gathering, “You would have seen in the recent past, there is attack on me all the time. Some people are continuously at it. They are not able to digest how Modi became the Prime Minister, how a ‘chai wala’ became the Prime Minister, they cannot swallow it.”

Without naming anybody or any specific instance, he said he had taken some steps because of which “these people are facing problems”.
He said this while talking about the neem-coating of urea being done to avoid its pilferage and routing to chemical factories like in the past.

“Since we have done neem coating, will those chemical factories which were looting not be angry with Modi? If something is against Modi, will they not help it? Will they not shout against Mr Modi,” he asked the gathering.

The PM said that NGOs receive money from foreign countries and his government was seeking the account. “We said let it come but give account of the funds received. The moment we started asking for accounts, they all got together and said ‘Modi ko Maaro’, (hit Modi), he is seeking accounts from us,” he said.