Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on the occasion of the 104th birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh President Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. The Prime Minister saluted the BJP workers who died serving the people during the Corona period. He fiercely attacked the opposition over the Agriculture Bill. The Prime Minister said that those people who have always lied to the farmers, these days because of their political selfishness, they are running on the shoulders of the farmers. They are confusing them. He said that as farmers, the workers of the country were kept entangled in the trap of law for decades. In addition, the Prime Minister said that our mantra is clean. The nation is paramount for us. In the end, he asked people to spread awareness about two yards, wearing masks, hand hygiene.
Read here the highlights of PM Modi's address-
I would urge the BJP workers to set a special session of five days or seven days for each unit, to call those scholars who are scholars. Our national education policy has come up that needs to be studied. After studying, we should also go to society and bring its benefits to society.
The plans made in the national interest have to be made available to the people. We have to fulfill our social responsibility consciously. If we talk about this period of Corona, it is necessary to continuously spread awareness for two yards, masks, cleanliness of hands, all of them. We ourselves have to follow these rules strictly and encourage other people as well.
Our ideals, our traditions, our inspiration, as ancient as it should be, should be as new. We may be the largest political party in the world but we should have access to even the smallest village in India, even the smallest street.
Along with showing activism in the service of society, as a party, as a worker, we have to take special care of one more thing. Our words, our thoughts, our conduct should be in accordance with the aspirations and expectations of 21st century India.
When the common man of the country was in great need of us, then we put the strength of our nationwide network to serve the people of our country. Everywhere in the city or village, BJP workers helped people and are still doing it today.
A lot is changing rapidly in changing times. The kind of flexibility and adaptability that BJP workers have shown during this period is also praiseworthy. We have shown this in the Corona era also.
Every BJP government, whether it is at the center or in the state, is trying to ensure that everyone in the society gets the right opportunity, no one feels left out. Our ideological system and political mantra are clear, not round, we have shown it by living it. The nation is paramount for us. Nation first is our mantra, this is our karma.
Be it poor, farmers, laborers, women, all these are strong pillars of self-reliant India. Therefore, their self-respect and self-respect are the life force and inspiration of self-reliant India. India's progress is possible only by empowering them.
Everybody should get connected with the comprehensive mission of self-reliance. This is an attempt to fulfill Deendayalji's dream. With this aim, our government has extended the reservation for SC-ST class colleagues for the next 10 years in Parliament.
Our government has already started schemes related to pension and insurance for farmers, farm laborers, small shopkeepers, unorganized sector laborers after the age of 60 years. Now, this armor of social security will be strengthened by new trends.
Now a fixed-term employment option has also been given in place of contract labor. Such workers will get salaries like regular employees. Other schemes related to welfare will get benefits and working hours will be fixed like them.
Like farmers, laborers, and women, there was such a large section of small self-employed peers, which was never taken care of. A special plan has also been made for the first time for the millions of companions working on street, track, ferry, who maintain their families with self-respect. A loan of 10 thousand rupees is being made available directly from the bank to millions of street-workers.
The earlier labor laws, which were half of the country's population, were not enough for our women workforce. Now, these new laws have given equal honorarium to our sisters, daughters, their participation has been ensured.
One law for construction workers, another law for farmworkers. A law for journalism-related workers, a separate law for labor colleagues working in the field of the film industry. There were many such laws.
Like the farmers, the workers of the country have been entangled in the web of the law for decades. Whenever the workers raised their voices, they were given the law on paper. You would be surprised to know that around 10,000 slabs of minimum wages existed for different sectors. After a lot of effort, they have been reduced to 200 slabs.
The work that the BJP government has done, now every BJP worker has to sit down with the peasants and talk about these laws in a very simple language. In order to get the farmers out of the compulsion to take loans, we have started an important work with full force. Now decades later, the farmer has got the right to his produce.
Farmers of the country with our efforts