Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made an impassioned plea to the nation to give him 50 days to weed out ill-gotten wealth in the country.
Speaking at a Goa government function near Panaji, he said the demonetisation drive was not the end of his campaign against corruption and black money and that he was working on other projects to curb the spread of unaccounted money.
“I know what kind of powers I have taken on. I know the kind of people who will be against me now. I am looting what they had accumulated over 70 years,” Mr. Modi said in his speech at the Shama Prasad Mukherjee indoor stadium in Bambolim village near Panaji.
“They will not leave me alive. They will destroy me. Let them do what they want. The country should just help me for 50 days,” he added.
“This is not the end. This is not a full stop. I am openly saying, this is not a full stop. There are other projects in my mind to stop dishonesty and corruption in the country. These projects are coming. I am doing this for the poor, honest people for those who are working hard to survive. So that they can get their own home, their children get good education and so that their parents get care.”
Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of two major infrastructure projects — a greenfield airport in Mopa and an electronic city in Tuem.
