Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked about Muslims being left behind in the nation’s progress saying ‘we need to bring them into the mainstream.’
Responding to the President’s Address in the joint session of the Parliament on Wednesday made a point to speak regarding the minority communities especially the Muslim community.
‘When I was young, a Muslim man used to repair my cycle, today his son is doing the same job. Why is this?’ he asked. Why does such misfortune continue? We will have to undertake focus activity to bring about change in their lives. We will have to bring such programmes, he added. I do not view such programmes within the prism of appeasement. I see them to bring about a change in their lives. No body can be called healthy if one of its organs is disabled. All organs of the human body needed to be fit in order for a person to be healthy. Similarly, all sections (organs) of the society need to empowered,” Modi said.