Bhopal

Enthusiasm, inquisitiveness over chai pe charcha in MP

Staff Reporter

There was enthusiasm and inquisitiveness among the people at all the 10 places on the State capital, where programme' Discussion over tea with Narendra Modi' was organised on Wednesday evening.

Being in Ahmedabad, Modi interacted with people at 52 places of 17 districts of Madhya Pradesh. At national level, the interaction was in 300 cities' 1,000 tea stalls. He was responding to the query of a Patna resident, Modi stressed on the necessity of using resources and talents. He said that in entire top notch jobs in India, residents of Bihar have proved themselves, whether it is IAS or media sector. Bihar should have been somewhere else but due to lack of industries it is suffering.

Responding to a student of IIT Roorkee, he said that there is a need to attract talented youths towards Government jobs as the MNCs are becoming the only target of technocrats. He stressed on the need to develop a system so that the equation between private companies and Government sectors can be kept balanced. While addressing the gatherings, Modi said that the policies encouraging step-motherly treatment towards the States should not be followed.

“We need to focus on railways as we have got a massive railway network but we are not using it. Saving time is the primary aim of ours and transportation system plays a crucial role in saving time but railways never have been our priority,” he said, while responding to query of a Nasik resident.

To the question of a Bhopal resident, Modi stated that policy of countering terrorism should strictly be followed. He said that terror is enemy of humanity and hence must be dealt with in the same way. “Our technology would help in accessing information about those who are assisting terrorists,” he added. The interaction of Modi was a use of technology in contacted the common people, but the BJP leaders and workers captured the front row, probably with a fear that no puzzling question is asked from Modi.

UAD Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, local MlA Vishwas Sarang, State BJP president and parliamentarian Narendra Singh Tomar remained present all the time and remained in the spotlight of media.