To a question on corruption, he said the focus must change from dealing with the issue after surfacing of scams to that which helps to prevent corruption.
“There is a lot of post-corruption discussion in our country. Somebody talks about Lokpal or Jan Lokpal. We should change the focus on corruption and instead of focussing on post-corruption, we should take steps so that corruption does not take place,” Modi said.
To remove corruption, he suggested that states must be policy-driven and rules should be in put in place in black and white and favoured the use of technology for bringing in transparency on the lines of what Gujarat has done.
The Gujarat Chief Minister felt happy that states were competing with each other and nations were wanting to deal with them directly instead through the Centre.
“For a federal structure like India, I take this as a good indicative. I consider this as a good sign...an atmosphere has been created where there is healthy competition among states over development. It is good, as everyone feels we should deliver and move forward,” he said.
He lamented that even after decades of independence, the country has not been able to make transition from “Swarajya” (freedom) to “Surajya” (good governance) and said morality has been thrown out of governance and trust has been the biggest victim.
