New Delhi: “India chose not to remember any bus since 2014,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, claiming that the previous government could not look beyond the election and thus “remembered buses” on opportunities to build technology and industry in the country.Speaking at the ET World Leaders Forum, the Prime Minister said that previous governments had entangled the nation in vote-bank politics.“In everyday conversations, we often use a phrase …” Just remembering ” – it means when an opportunity comes, but in our country, under previous governments, many such buses of technology and industry opportunities left us behind. I have not come here today to criticize anyone. But in a democracy, sometimes comparing the situation makes the situation clear, “PM Modi said.“The earlier governments confused the nation into vote-bank politics. Their thinking did not go beyond the election. He believed that the creation of state-of-the-art technology was the job of developed countries. Whenever we need it, we would simply import it from them. It was a great reason that our country was left behind for many other years. We kept remembering the bus.”PM Modi made a swipe in the UPA government on the alleged 2G scam and said that the nation was always dependent on foreign players.“Let me give you some examples. When the Internet era began around the world, our government missed the bus. Then the 2G era came – what happened during that time, we all saw, and again we missed that bus. For 2G, 3G and even 4G, we depended on foreign players. How long can it last? PM Modi said.He said, “That is why, after 2014, India changed its view. India decided that we would not remember any bus. Instead, we will sit on the driving seat and move forward.”PM Modi underlined that despite the shock of Kovid -19 epidemic, India has managed to maintain strong basic things. He said, “Our fiscal deficit has been predicted to come down by 4.4%, that too after Kovid’s failures,” he said, the economy has shown remarkable recovery.The Prime Minister pointed to strengthening an ongoing account deficit in control as banking systems, low inflation, reduction in interest rates, and flexibility and belief in India’s economic trajectory.
