India Will Be In World's Top 3 Economies, In My Third Term, PM Modi Says Amid Thunderous Applause

New Delhi: India will be in world's top three economies, in my third term, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while replying to ‘Motion of Thanks’ amid thunderous applause. “On basis of experience of 10 years of governance, looking at today's strong economy and rapid speed with which India is progressing today, I can confidently say that in our third term, India will be third largest economic power. This is Modi's guarantee,” “ third term of our government is not far now, 100-125 days maximum,” he ded. 

Hitting out at Opposition, PM Modi alleged that y have even “lost courage to contest elections.”

PM Narendra Modi said, "I see that many of you (Opposition) have even lost courage to contest elections. Some seats were changed last time too, I have heard that many people are looking to change ir seats this time as well. I have also heard that many people now want to go to Rajya Sabha inste of Lok Sabha. y are looking for ir paths by assessing situation."

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Referring to rift in INDI alliance, PM said that alliance ka hi alignment big gaya.   

Congress' mindset is that it has never trusted capability of country. It considered itself rulers and public as someone lesser, someone smaller..." He res out a statement of n PM Jawaharlal Nehru, "...It means that Nehru ji thought that Indians are lazy and less intelligent." He also res out a statement of former PM later Indira Gandhi; "...Looking at people in Congress today, it seems that Indira ji could not assess people of country correctly but assessed Congress absolutely correctly..."

Ek hi product baar-baar launch karne ke chakkar mein, Congress ki dukaan tala lagne ki naubat aa gayi hai (In pursuit of repeatedly launching same product, Congress party has now reached point of facing a shut shop), said PM. 

Referring to 2014 interim Budget, PM said, “India was 11th largest economy in 2014. Today, India is 5th largest economy and yet y (Congress) are silent...y h even lost ability to dream...It is Modi’s guarantee that in our third term, India will be third largest economic power...”

y (Opposition) failed to fulfil ir responsibility as opposition...I have always said that country needs a good opposition.

I see that many of you (Opposition) have even lost courage to contest elections. Some seats were changed last time too, I have heard that many people are looking to change ir seats this time as well. I have also heard that many people now want to go to Rajya Sabha inste of Lok Sabha. y are looking for ir paths by assessing situation.

“On basis of experience of 10 years of governance, looking at today's strong economy and rapid speed with which India is progressing today, I can confidently say that in our third term, India will be third largest economic power. This is Modi's guarantee”, said PM. 

"We built 4 crore houses for poor. For urban poor, we built 80 lakh pucca houses. H se been built at speed of Congress...it would have taken 100 years to do this work. Five generations would have passed by n."

This 75th Republic Day, New Parliament, Sengol - all this was very impressive. We will always remember this: PM Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha during reply to President's dress. 

When President came to this new Parliament building to dress all of us and pride and honour with which Sengol led entire procession - we were walking behind it. When we become a witness to reflection of that holy moment of India's independence in this new trition in new Parliament building, honour of democracy rises.