New Delhi: As the Narendra Modi-led government completes two years in office on May 26, the Bharatiya Janata Party has plans to launch a campaign to highlight the government’s "achievements" and also apprise people of measures that were stalled due to Congress-led opposition's "obstruction" in Parliament.
At a meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Party today, Prime Minister Modi raked up the issue of imposition of Emergency in 1975 and told party MPs that the younger generation should be apprised on its anniversary on June 26 as to how an attempt was made "to crush democracy and who were the people behind it".
In the meeting, Modi spoke about the two years of NDA government and said that all ministers will travel to 200 main "nerve centres" across the country and inform people about their achievements, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters.
"The Minister and MPs will also apprise the people about the laws and welfare measures which were not allowed to be passed in Parliament because of obstruction of some people and the damage that happened because of this. People will be told about who are the people who have caused this obstruction," Rudy said.
The Modi government has been accusing the Congress of obstructing several of its reform measures. Rudy said that MPs of the party will spend at least one night in their constituencies while they would hold interactions with people in adjoining constituencies and other areas.
The minister also said the Prime Minister spoke about how an attempt was made to "crush democracy" during Emergency and emphasised that the younger generation needs to be apprised of this.
Newly nominated members to the Rajya Sabha including Subramanian Swamy and Navjot Sidhu were also introduced during the meeting, Rudy said.
(With PTI inputs)
