PM Modi govt not much different from UPA: Govindacharya


New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) : Days after Arun Shourie criticised Narendra Modi Government, BJP's former ideologue KN Govindacharya on Tuesday too questioned its performance, saying it was not much different from the UPA dispensation and the PM has to come up with "Made for India" policies.


Govindacharya, founder of outfit Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan, said people continue to witness the "same partial" and "corrupt" dispensation at the central level.

"The government has completed a year. But at this moment, we can't see a ground to list their achievements, which is a matter of concern. On one hand, it is directionless (on policy issues). On the other, there are internal differences amongst ministries.

"People feel even though Modiji looks different from others...People will have their own assessments.... But (I) can't see much of a difference in the (two) Governments. Same partiality, corruption is there," he told reporters.

On the Government's policies over land acquisition bill and concepts of Smart Cities and Make in India, he cautioned the Prime Minister Modi over his advisors in these matters.

"I don't know who are the advisors of Narendra Modi... who unnecessarily (have) brought into his head this type of a problem of Land Acquisition bill in which the basic norms could not be followed.

"Therefore, I think, that a clever person like Narendra Mod...I think he should beware of his advisors," he said.

Govindacharya advised the government to properly supplement the "Make in India" concept with "Make for India" and "Made by India" policies.

"Otherwise, it will just be a signboard that 'India on Sale', which won't do any good to people of Bharat," he said.

Shourie, a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, had earlier this month hit out at the Modi Government saying its economic policy was "directionless" while the social climate was causing "great anxiety" among the minorities.

  

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Modi didn't develop Gujarath and it was already a developed state and he only reaped the good work done by his predecessor Congress govt...People thought Modi would develop our country in line with Gujarath..but he just fooled all the voters by his powerful talk and media facilitated him..Now he has become Non Resident Prime Minister of India, always touring and wherever he went, within a month that country becomes the victim of earth quakes or floods..Panauthi Prime Minister of India..True.

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  • shuba, mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    The greatest problem with the present PM is he is spontaneously a good speaker that a few shrewd politicians can match him but a worst follower of his own talks on all his walks of reality

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  • Prasanna, Vittal

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Too much difference is there. UPA & NDA how it is same. At the end A is there, that is same

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Nothing has changed in ground realties except attacks on churches and missionaries and programmes on ghar wapasi..Yes in Delhi plants are given urine instead of water and this is the achievement..True..

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Wed, May 13 2015

    COW GOVERNMENTS COW DEVELOPMENTS.

    SUIT BOOT DEVELOPMENTS.
    JHOOT MOOT DEVELOPMENTS.
    24X7 T.V. BHAASHANS DEVELOPMENTS.

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  • Christopher DCunha, M'lore/AUH

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Well said.....non practical government.....

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  • john mathias, kinngoli

    Wed, May 13 2015

    modi became prime minister not for development of the country.he wanted to tour entire world before his death at expense of tax payers money.his make in india is gone with wind.see obama first he praised him and then derrided him for his narrow minded policys.obama rightly told divided country can not make progress.

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  • CONRAD JOHN TAURO, SHIRVA/UDUPI/DUBAI

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Bhashana...
    Vesha Bhushana...
    Viswa Paryatana...

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Conrad / Joseph
    He only talks the talk
    But does not walk the talk
    So now he is a laughing stock

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Hence feku is also known as 'Johnnie Talker'...blah, blah and more blah.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/B'lore

    Wed, May 13 2015

    What Modi promised during election are all fake.This is a government not even old wine in the new bottle but still worst.

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  • MILAN, DXB

    Wed, May 13 2015

    KEESH

    MOST OF THE RSS. NOW EDUCATED LEFT RSS AND CONVERTED TO NORMAL PERSON.

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  • Amith, udupi

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Modiji,

    Make in India is of no value if you cant find a buyer for made in india products .why will European companies invest in india when you are not giving them any tax relief and a market for the products which are labeled made in india in the end . First sign MOU with countries to accept made in india products then think of make in india . its the bitter truth

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  • Daniel, Mangalore

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Agree totally.
    First time PM, not seen in India, even though able PM supports only high society, scams not opened yet, etc.
    Ooruda ajji gaade yate sari toole- enna magal baiee itthinathra badkiyol.
    Jai ho.

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Its not baiee - nalai (tongue)

    Nalai ithinet badhkiye yenna mage.

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  • martin,

    Wed, May 13 2015

    ITS not just shouri/govinda almost all of indians feel cheated by MODI-RSS-BJP govt.whose performance is so pathetic its sheer waste of 300 seat mandate. other than roaming foreign nations every 2nd week,wasting crores of tax payers money MODI has done nothing.his own fellow MP's talk so senselessly whole modi govt is reduced to ludicrous joke.BJP govt is now more notorious for church attacks, forced conversion,use less projects like bullet-train,land grabbing,serving only rich.etc. people are hugely regretting why on earth they ever voted for such a directionless, empty headed,hopeless govt.if elections held today BJP-RSS wont even win dozen seats

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  • keesh, mangalore

    Wed, May 13 2015

    The problem here is most of ppl use there own calculations and use word on there own. No such information, none of them feeling cheated, but every1 excited about ongoing projects, many companies laying foundation already

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  • OZY CRASTA ,, DUBAI, SANTEKATTE, KANNADA KUDRU

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Now every person in BJP will have the taste of power and some of them already found out that it is not sweet but sour, some of them still tasting it and one fine day they will get the result and they will realise bcoz their LEADER AND THE PM OF INDIA changed his present identification and became ''INDIAN TOURING FOREIGN MINISTER''.
    So, yesterday one of the PANELIST in ARNAB GOSWANI, TIMES NOW said we are progressing towards CIVIL WAR.
    No, GOVT, only handful of MINISTERS are seen in INDIA nad rest all TOURING THE WORLD WITH ITFM.

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    He is the first NRI PM of India.
    So does that mean now NRI will be given the provision to cast votes while overseas ?

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  • Valerian D'souza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    PM Modi know, it is now or never!
    Make optimum use of the opportunity.
    He is all for himself.
    Who has seen tomorrow?

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    When people like Arun Shourie and K N Govindacharya realized that NaMo is not interested in old guns…… they started firing with their bullets but not harmful to anyone!!!!

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Old is gold shettre.

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  • ABDUL RAFIQ, UCHILA / DUBAI

    Wed, May 13 2015

    NAMO is 64 years old - New gun??? Is he thinking he is 18 years old!? Namo will not get aged???? He want to throw out all the aged person!!!!

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  • R.Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Men Will be Men...

    Women will be Women...

    Govt's will be Govt's.....

    What's the big deal??

    Is it not?

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, May 13 2015

    First two are ok, but third once is not ok, Modi made so many promises and 0.1% is not achieved after 1 year. There is a big difference.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Every Govt.makes promises...
    Remember 'Garibi Hatao'?

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, May 13 2015

    They never gave any specific period, but modi said many things in 100 days black money back bla bla bla

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  • keesh, mangalore

    Wed, May 13 2015

    pappu since his own constituency had atleast opened a disneyland in amethi atleast. lol

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  • R.Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Wed, May 13 2015

    What a defense!!!
    I think Judges in Indian Courts are like you!!
    Give bail and benefit of doubt in a second!!

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, May 13 2015

    R.Bhandarkar, Mangaluru, No other PM in the world i think made fake Bhashana's like him before election. After Elections doing something good these people still say UPA did that and this. This is your time to do something good and showing fingers on others.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Hey disagree fellas..7 so far..
    Feel down..o.k...?
    Then you will know...Men will be Men
    and all that .
    nonsense fellows.

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  • Ashok Kotian, Mangalore / Mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    We all had high hope with Modi Government. The first year had been very disappointing. Nothing has changed in real sense. On the contrary, they are busy with unwanted things and involving in personal affairs of the common person. God bless India.

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  • MILAN, DXB

    Wed, May 13 2015


    BEFORE THEY BAN HIM AGAIN.MODI WANTS TO ENJOY EACH AND EVERY BIT OF THE WORLD TOUR.

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  • ಭಾರತ ದೇಶಪ್ರೇಮಿ, ಮ೦ಗಳೂರು

    Wed, May 13 2015

    ಸುಳ್ಳು ಮಾತುಗಳು ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಆತ್ಮವನ್ನು ಜಜ್ಜಿಹಾಕುತ್ತವೆ....ದೇವರು ಧನ, ಅಧಿಕಾರ ಕೊಡೋದು ಜನರಿಗೆ ಉಪಕಾರ ಮಾಡಲಿ ಅಂತ. ಆದರೆ, ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಅದನ್ನು ಜನರನ್ನು ಸುಲಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

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  • Hussain, dxb

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Still remember during pre-elections hoardings of Narendra Modi with a lion symbol, rising sun etc etc with a beautiful quote !! All THUSSSSS..!!! People might be banging their head voting him...Khoda pahaad nikla chooha :p
    Now Bhakts will defend him saying its just an year !! Give him few more to prove his credentials !!

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Busy with unwanted things.

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  • Hubert D'souza, Mangalore Dubai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Modi Will Make Guinness Record On Foreign Tour!!

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  • Surendra, udupi

    Wed, May 13 2015

    When will petticoat baba come out and speak against modi govt.? or maybe he will not, now that he has got padma in his target...

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  • Valerian D'souza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Arun Shourie & KN Govindacharya are quite late to realize capabilities of Narendra Modi team led BJP Govt,like many voters.
    Modi team won the votes only on the basis of false promises and portraying poor performance of UPA.
    False promises of bringing black money, stopping border clashes, illegal emigrants from Bangladesh, improving law and order & curbing inflation.
    Their own promises are now their performance gauging yardsticks.
    No coalition compulsion, yet this is the performance!
    Imagine, what it would have been if he led coalition Govt?

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  • Valerian D'souza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Voice of dissent is brewing everywhere.
    Jethmalani to SC: No effective steps taken by Modi Govt to bring back black money.

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Govindacharya just echoed the thoughts of the true educated patriots of this nation. But can Modi afford to be aware or rather do away with his 'advisors'? And who are these advisors? They are the kingpins of corporate world and king makers of political world. Agreed, such politico corporate nexus nothing new in a democracy, but when the selfish ambitions of the corporate kingpins outweigh the national interests, the job of a clever leader is to intervene and make clear who the boss is. But recent developments in our country depict as if the policies are drafted in corporate boardrooms and rich and the mighty are beyond law.

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  • santhosh, mangalore

    Wed, May 13 2015

    loot mar kum ,fekugiri jyada.

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Mr. Modi delivered far bigger Himalayan promises than anybody in the history of India to take the steering control of New Delhi. The 29% electorate blindly believed that Mr. Modi has some miracle working power to fulfill the political and economical promises. Now, we see the reality by the first year itself. How many of the Cabinet Ministers are fairly knowledgeable in their portfolios?

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  • A. Mangalore, mangalore.KSA

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Govndacharyaji, ache din aayegaa... 4 saal aur bhi bhaaki hain....
    Abhi tak koyee 15 lakhs suit pehenekyaa... Hamaara Modji ne pehenaaye

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  • vellano1, Mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    guys,these great so called "ideologues" will try and come back and give expert views and how Modi is useless etc, just that they dint get a hefty post of governor or some other money making trips abroad!... you were not that great to keep in touch, neither you have charishma to win fans all over! and you are all "fair weather friends"! I will list few of them - Shourie, Govindacharya, Sanjay Joshi, Vinay Katiyar, Sudheendra Kulkarni, Ram Jethmalani & his son, Pravin Togadia, Shatrugahn sinha and many more like that!.. absolutely selfish and doing the same job of opposition and media and missionaries , NGOs doing and this is their last attempt!... if you ever know one thing, understand MODI is here to stay- u can get used as pawn- he is just doing fine! its your poison in system, that expected a LOT of HEROIC things in one year and we never expected it, that way!

    expect a series of interview from people I mentioned in few days! and they will use BLUNT Swamy and twist his statements to make him anit govt, but he is still with MODI! vhe vhe vhe

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  • Manju, Mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Very true. Nice comments. Thanks a lot.

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  • MILAN, DXB

    Wed, May 13 2015

    NICE COMMENT WITH MORE DISAGREE.

    I THINK U LIKED ONLY VHE VHE VHE

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    True. Fascist minded chaddies can never accept fair criticism nor can they accept the voices of dissent even if it is from their own group.
    They are just brainwashed to repeat 'Hail Hitler' no matter what.

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  • keesh, mangalore

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Dont talk about agree disagree , here 90% ppl are anti bjp/rss. Facepalm

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  • sunill, bengaluru

    Wed, May 13 2015

    vellano1,whats ur view on sushma swaraj.i think she is a sonia mole in bjp.

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Blunt Swamy is too busy with saving the skin of Asaram Bapu these days on the basis that if Laluprasad and Jayalalitha could be out of jail why not Asaram? Btw, the fact that he had hailed Jayalaltha goddess Saraswathi once, doesn't really qualify him for the adjective 'Blunt'

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Wed, May 13 2015

    geoffrey
    He is referring to his 'blunt' brain that is why the adjective.

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  • MILAN, DXB

    Wed, May 13 2015

    THIS GOVT WORST THAN CONGRESS RULE

    THIS GOVT FIT FOR BEEF BAN, GHAR WAPSI, BACCHE CHAAR, EAT BEEF THEN GO TEMPLE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENS, MOTHER THERESA IS ONLY DOING CONVERSION. HINDU RASHTRA,ECONOMY DOWN, PRICE HIGH, REAL ESTATE MARKET DOWN,

    DEVELOPMENT BIG ZERO.

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  • prem, moodbidri

    Wed, May 13 2015

    In theaters "Gabbar is back"!
    In Tamil Nadu "Amma is back"!!
    In Bollywood "Salman khan is back"!!!

    In minds of Indian citizens "When will be FEKU back from foreign tour"???

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  • pathuraja, Mangalore

    Tue, May 12 2015

    When UPA was there the Prime Minister was SILENT BAWA. But now NDA SILENT BAWA AND FLYING SWAMI
    At least he is eating tax payers money for visiting foreign countries and no result

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  • ಭಾರತ ದೇಶಪ್ರೇಮಿ, ಮ೦ಗಳೂರು

    Tue, May 12 2015

    ಮಾತುಗಳು ಎಷ್ಟೇ ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿರಬಹುದು. ಆದರೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳು ಮಾಡುವ ಕೆಲಸದಿಂದಲೇ ಅಳೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ದೇವರು ಧನ, ಅಧಿಕಾರ ಕೊಡೋದು ಜನರಿಗೆ ಉಪಕಾರ ಮಾಡಲಿ ಅಂತ. ಆದರೆ, ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಅದನ್ನು ಜನರನ್ನು ಸುಲಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

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  • moshu, mangalore

    Tue, May 12 2015

    to understand someone properly we need to see them closely as they actually are, not through a lens clouded by our own emotions or agenda. and the stronger the feelings we have about a person the harder it becomes to see them as they really are.
    modi indeed was a dream man for the party members when he was in gujarat, far away from their circle. now they are realizing his true nature of fekugiri within their circle.. hopefully the list of criticizer will be even bigger in near future.

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  • KGShenoy, Mangalore

    Tue, May 12 2015

    People of India know why you both are talking about Mr.Modi.Grapes are sour.No shame.

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Kandadhannu kandanthe Helidhare kendadhantha Kopa.....

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  • Jossey Saldanha, NY

    Tue, May 12 2015

    Alibaba Chalis Chor Government ...

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  • keesh, mangalore

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Every1 knows who was chor govt, lol including u but u have prob with bjp/rss

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  • Anonymous,

    Tue, May 12 2015

    Feku Bhakths are having hard time. More and More Dongi Congi Sickulars of BJPee are cracking jokes. Pee Pee Pee...

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  • ABDUL RAFIQ, UCHILA / DUBAI

    Tue, May 12 2015

    EVERYBODY INCLUDING BJP MPS & LEADERS ARE ENDORSING THAT 10 YEARS UPA RULING WAS MAXIMUM GOOD GOVERNANCE. MODI CANNOT PERFORM BETTER THAN THAT. BJP HIGH COMMAND HAVE TO THINK FOR CHANGE THE PRIME MINISTER FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS TERM OTHERWISE BJP WILL LOSE DEPOSITS IN ALL THE CONSTITUENCIES IN NEXT LS POLLS. LET MODI CONTINUE HIS FOREIGN TOURS AND TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD. BUT PEOPLE NEED A PRIME MINSTER WHO CAN STAY IN THE COUNTRY AND TAKE CARE ABOUT THE NATION, NO NEED A FEKU PM.

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  • keesh, mangalore

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Wrong information, EVERYBODY INCLUDING BJP MPS & LEADERS - this sentence is your own- not valid

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  • Parag, Mulki

    Tue, May 12 2015

    Sometimes 'rotten eggs' come out from the 'basket' as of it's own.
    It won't make any 'difference'.
    People have 'patience' and look forward for a change in near future.
    Now of course we have a steady government.
    All world leaders are looking India as a powerful country capable of dealing in all matters.
    It's nothing but a 'great achievement'.
    Visit to China is one more 'advantage'.

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  • Parag, Mulki

    Tue, May 12 2015

    Foundation already laid.
    Construction will comes to know within a four year's period.
    Every time people made mistake judging BJP as well as calibre of Modiji and proved 'wrong' in all the occasions.

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Give one example that he made anything in one year? What he was talking before elections and what is he now?

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, May 13 2015

    Are you talking about the statue of Saradar Vallabhbhai Patel?

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