PM Narendra Modi calls critics ‘Naraz Fufa’ while launching Rs 35,000 crore projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the gathering during the NaMo for Viksit Bharat event in Vadodara on Tuesday.. PIC/PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed those who question his government's development record, once again calling them "Naraz Fufa" (angry uncle), as he inaugurated and laid foundation stones for R35,000 crore-worth development projects.

Modi inaugurated three key sections of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, connecting Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai with Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, marking the project's completion.

Targeting those who would question the utility of the corridor project, he said, "Now Naraz Fufa ji will start shouting: what would happen to truck drivers and the trucks they had purchased?

"After 2014, India built 50,000 modern rail coaches, but the previous (Congress) regime could not build even 50,000 toilets in 10 years," Modi said.

Addressing the "NaMo for Viksit Bharat'' programme at Vadodara in Gujarat, he also took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's ‘'Chhatron Ki Goonj'' initiative, stating that youngsters would not be misled by "Jhooth ki Goonj" (echo of lies).

India is scripting a new saga of manufacturing, spanning "chips to ships", with components, final products and the supply chain for self-reliance being set up in the country, he said.

The projects the PM inaugurated included a 2800-km dedicated freight corridor, which he called a "historic achievement for the 21st century" and a testament to how the country''s work culture has transformed over the past 12 years.

He also slammed the previous Congress-led regime for the slow pace of development. A double-stack container freight train recently transported cargo equivalent to that carried by over 250 trucks from Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai to Vadodara in a single trip, Modi said.

2014
Year BJP came to power in Centre

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