PM Modi ensured India's voice is heard by all: Venkaiah Naidu

Former Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu speaking at the launch of a book, 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas', based on PM Modi's speeches, said that PM Narendra Modi ensured India's voice is heard by all.

Former Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday, speaking at a book launch, stressed that with the advent of Modi, India is now a force to reckon with.“The Prime Minister ensured India's voice is heard by all,” said the former vice president.

Venkaiah Nadu was speaking during the release of a book, Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas, based on PM Modi's 86 speeches.

The BJP leader also remarked that the book is a significant contribution to widening the understanding of the challenges being faced by the nation and the concerted efforts being made to overcome them.

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He further said that good schemes were launched even earlier, but only the current prime minister ensured all programmes were implemented on set timelines and targets.Naidu stated PM Modi ensures continuous monitoring and eventual delivery and can connect with all the people of the country alike. Naidu lauded Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) as the government's most significant achievement.He said it freed people from the shackles of intermediaries, ensuring endpoint delivery of welfare measures. Previously, schemes were identified either as governmental or political. However, Modi understood that the realisation of a goal depended hugely on the people’s involvement.

ALSO READ | PM Modi inaugurates World Dairy Summit, says ‘vaccine made for Lumpy Skin disease among cattle’The Prime Minister thus envisioned Swachha Bharat Abhiyan as a ‘Jan Andolan’ (people’s movement).During the occasion, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said that the Prime Minister highlighted issues like the availability of toilets and water connectivity that needed urgent government intervention for a long time but had been lagging even as many governments came and went.

These issues were addressed only when the current government took up this mission on a war footing from the beginning. Speaking on triple talaq, the Kerala governor said that getting rid of this evil, which had been thriving for centuries, is no small achievement.