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Prime Minister Narendra Modi dismissed notion that the electoral bond controversy had a negative impact on his government, emphasizing that every system has its flaws which can be rectified..
Addressing questions about whether the revelation of electoral bond details posed a setback for the ruling BJP, PM Modi told Thanthi TV during an interview, "Tell me what have we done that I should see it as a setback?.
There can be shortcomings which could be improved upon," he said.. Opposition parties have cited the revelations following the Supreme Court order, which brought all information related to electoral bonds in public domain while terming the anonymous funding practice unconstitutional, to attack the government...
In the interview, Modi asserted that one should not see politics in everything he does, saying that he works for the country and Tamil Nadu is its big strength.. If votes were his main concern, then he would not have done so much for the northeast states, the prime minister said, noting that his government ministers have visited the region for over 150 times and he himself has gone there more times than all other prime ministers together have...
I believe that Tamil Nadu has the potential to become the driving force behind our dream of a Viksit Bharat," he said.. Modi regretted the politicisation of Tamil language, a swipe at opposition parties which have often accused the BJP of undermining regional languages, and said as the state's cuisine has been globalised, its dialect should be similarly promoted...
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