PM Modi's speech in RS: Check out top quotes

New Delhi, Feb 09: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday replied to the motion of thanks on the President's address to Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.

He spoke at length about how his government has been carrying out various developmental schemes for the welfare of the public. From Jan Dhan Yojana to LPG connections, he highlighted various initiatives to explain how every sector has grown under the BJP government.

Check out the top quotes from his speech.

• In Tamil Nadu too, govts of veterans like MGR & Karunanidhi were dismissed by Congress people. Sharad Pawar's govt was toppled too. We have seen what happened with NTR when he was in US for treatment & attempts were made to topple his govt.
• Which party & people in power misused Article 356? Elected govts were toppled 90 times, who were those who did that? A Prime minister used Article 356 50 times & that name is Indira Gandhi. In Kerala communist govt was elected which wasn't liked by Pandit Nehru & was toppled.
• Some had problems with names of schemes of govt & Sanskrit words in the names. I read in a report that 600 govt schemes were in the Gandhi-Nehru family's name...I don't understand why people from their generation don't keep Nehru as their surname, what's the fear & shame?
• Indira Gandhi 'misused' Article 356 of the Constitution 50 times to dismiss elected state governments: PM Modi.
• PM Modi says the Congress govt at the Centre dismissed 90 state governments by 'misusing' Article 356 of the Constitution.
• Some had problems with names of schemes of govt & Sanskrit words in the names. I read in a report that 600 govt schemes were in the Gandhi-Nehru family's name...I don't understand why people from their generation don't keep Nehru as their surname, what's the fear & shame?
• Today, more than 350 private companies have come into the defence sector. Our country is doing exports worth almost Rs 1 lakh crore in this sector. From retail to tourism, every sector has grown.
• There was a time India used to import mobile phones, but today I am proud to say that India is exporting them.
• There was pressure from people in world to sell their vaccine in our market, articles were written, TV interviews were given. There were attempts till yesterday to insult our scientists but my country's scientists made vaccines that were approved & benefitted 150 countries.
• For decades, the development of tribal communities was neglected. We gave top priority to their welfare... People of the country are repeatedly rejecting Congress. People are watching them and punishing them.
• We identified 110 aspiration districts in the country. Education, infra, and health have improved in these districts due to continued focus and performance review. This has benefitted more than 3 crore tribals.
• True secularism is making sure that the benefits of different government schemes reach all eligible beneficiaries.
• We have transformed the working culture with the power of technology. Our focus is on increasing speed and enhancing scale.
• They (Congress) used to say 'Gareebi Hatao' but did nothing for over 4 decades. While we work hard to meet the expectations and aspirations of the people of the country: PM Modi in Rajya Sabha during Motion of Thanks on President's address
• PM mocked Congress for its electoral loss by saying "I can understand their pain".

• Kharge Ji complains that I visit Kalaburagi. He should see the work done there. 1.70 cr Jan Dhan bank a/c have opened in Karnataka incl over 8 lakh accounts in Kalaburagi. So many people getting empowered, while someone's account getting closed, I can understand the pain
• In the last 3-4 yrs, around 11 crore houses have got tap water connections. Talking of empowerment of common people- we started the Jan Dhan account movement. In the last 9 years, 48 crore Jan Dhan accounts were opened across the country.
• I want to tell these MPs (Oppostion MPs)...the more you throw 'keechad', the better the lotus will bloom.