Some people inside and outside India hellbent to dent my image: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said some people are hellbent to dent his image and are colluding with people inside and outside the country.

He made these remarks while addressing a gathering at Rani Kamalapati railway station after flagging off the Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express train.

"Earlier, governments were busy in vote bank appeasement but we are busy satisfying people," the prime minister said. "They (the previous governments) considered one family as the first family of the country and ignored the poor and middle class. Railways is a living example of this," he added.

Giving an example of the modernization of railways, the Prime Minister highlighted the work of 100 percent electrification of the railway network is being achieved in some parts of the country every other day. He informed that Madhya Pradesh is also included in the 11 states where 100 percent electrification has been achieved. The Prime Minister highlighted that the average electrification of railway routes per year has increased tenfold from 600 kilometers to 6000 kilometers after 2014.

The Prime Minister alerted the people about the concerted efforts to malign his image from both inside and outside the country.

"India's poor, India's middle class, India's tribals, India's Dalit-backward, every Indian has become my protective shield", he said, asking people to stay focused on the development of the country. "We have to further increase the role of Madhya Pradesh in developed India. This new Vande Bharat Express is a part of this resolution", he concluded.