Speaking at the BJP national executive meet on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he will not compromise in his battle against corruption.
The PM also said that he wanted to make politics central to people’s benefit.
Briefing the media about what the PM had said, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, “The main point of his speech was that we should take BJP beyond elections and make it an instrument of mass participation. We hold the country first and party as secondary.”
Public participation, improvement of the quality of life of people – this was the thrust of PM’s speech,” the FM reiterated.
“The PM has assured that the fight against terrorism as well as corruption will continue,” he further said, and added, “Harsh language cannot be a substitute for any substantive charge against the government.”