Urging the Opposition to be “open minded”, he said, “We must all understand that we are only rivals, we are not enemies. Hum ek dusre ke dushman nahin hain.”
Observing that some sections have “reservations” on the “methods” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to “some misunderstandings”, former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said Friday that “the Prime Minister also should often meet more and more sections of the political leadership on this side or that side”.
Speaking at the launch of a book on the Prime Minister’s speeches, Naidu praised the Prime Minister for his achievements across diverse sectors like healthcare, foreign policy, and technology.
But at the same time, Naidu said that despite the PM’s achievements, some sections still have some reservations about his methods “because of some misunderstandings, maybe out of some political compulsions”. “Over a period of time these misunderstandings will also be cleared.
The Prime Minister should also often meet more and more sections of the political leadership … this side and that side,” the former V-P said adding political parties should also keep an open mind and respect the mandate of the people. “They must also be open-minded.
You all should also understand that you are rivals not enemies. All parties must respect each other, the institution of the prime minister, institution of the president, institution of the chief minister. All institutions should be respected that has to be kept in mind by one and all,” Naidu said.The current government, he said, is working under the broader philosophy of ‘Sarve Jana Sukhino Bhawantu’. Naidu listed out the Direct Benefit Transfer as the biggest achievement of the Government and said it freed people from the shackles of middlemen, ensuring endpoint delivery of welfare measures.