Modi neither sleeps, nor lets others sleep: Venkaiah Naidu

Hyderabad: India has a Prime Minister who neither sleeps nor allows his Cabinet colleagues to sleep, according to Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs M Venkaiah Naidu.

Speaking at a function organised here on Sunday, he said, referring to the packed schedules of the Prime Minister, “But we are enjoying. Because working for the people... Working for the betterment of life of the common man is the most enjoyable thing in life.”

When some Cabinet colleagues said five years would be needed to achieve the target to make everybody a bank account holder in the country, the Prime Minister said the exercise should be completed in one year, he said.

Naidu said by the end of seven weeks since ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’ was launched, (an additional) 6.99 crore people now had bank accounts. Before the exercise began, 58 per cent of the country's population, mostly in rural areas, had no bank accounts, he said.

The Minister left the event mid-way to attend four other engagements before flying to Barcelona this evening.