‘These 5 years were about reform, perform and transform in India’, says PM Modi in Lok Sabha | LIVE

PM Modi in Lok Sabha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Parliament during the Motion of Thanks on the matter of Ram Temple resolution today (February 10). This is the last session of the current Lok Sabha before the general elections, which are likely to be held in April-May 2024. The budget session was initially scheduled to conclude on February 9 (Friday) and has been extended by a day.

PM Modi said, “These five years were about reform, perform and transform in the country. It is very rare that both reform and perform take place and we can see transformation right in front of our eyes. The country is experiencing this through the 17th Lok Sabha and I firmly believe that the country will continue to bless the 17th Lok Sabha.”

PM replied to the Motion of Thanks on the Ram Mandir, as the final Parliament session before the Lok Sabha election concludes today.

The government is bringing a motion on Ram Temple in Upper House and Lower House on Saturday which is the last day of the interim budget session of Parliament. This discussion will bring to a close the proceedings of the 17th Lok Sabha.

The BJP issued a three-line whip on Friday, directing its MPs to be present in both Houses on Saturday. The parliament will pass a resolution thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

PM Modi was speaking in Parliament while discussing the Ram Lalla Pran Pratishta event during the last session of the ongoing Budget session of Parliament ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha will on Saturday hold a short-duration discussion on the White Paper put out by the Centre and on the Pran Pratistha of Ram Lalla. The ‘Pran Pratishtha’ of Shri Ram Lalla was held on January 22 at Aodhya’s historic temple. 

BJP MP Satyapal Singh on Ram Temple 

Stating that “Lord Ram is everywhere,” BJP MP Satyapal Singh on Saturday termed the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhaya last month “historic” and said it is not a “communal” issue. 

“I am fortunate to get the opportunity to speak about the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and the Pran Pratishtha of Lord Ram on January 22 inside the Parliament. It is historic to see the Pran Pratishtha and offer prayers to Lord Ram at the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya,” he said during the discussion in Parliament.”Ram is not a communal issue; Bhagwan Ram is a source of inspiration for us,” he said, adding that “Ram was Maryada Purshottam.””A discussion on Ram is also a blessing for all of us; Ram is a feeling for us..it is our legacy and heritage,” the BJP MP said.

During the discussion, he said that Ram was everywhere. “Ram is everywhere…”Lashing out at the previous Congress-led UPA government, he said, “In 2007, when the Ram Setu project was taken up, the UPA government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that there is no such person as Ram; this is a myth…”Today is the last session of the ongoing budget session of Parliament.

Amit Shah on Ram Temple

Union Home Minister Amit Shah says, “22 January was the beginning of great India…Those who imagine a country without lord Ram do not know our country well and they represent the days of colonialism”.