PM launches railway revamp, slams Oppn

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the Opposition, accusing it of playing "negative politics," and said that the entire country is now rooting for corruption, dynasty and appeasement to "quit India"

- Neha LM Tripathi

The PM's attack, at a time when his government is locked in a bitter tussle with rival parties who formed a coalition under the banner INDIA - over Parliament agenda and the crisis in Manipur, was at an event where he virtually laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 508 railways stations across the country.

"A section of the Opposition is still working with an attitude of neither working themselves nor allowing us to work," he said, citing their reservations about the new Parliament building, the development of Kartavya Path in Delhi, and criticising the construction of the War Memorial for martyrs.

"The modern Parliament building was made keeping in mind the future and its needs. The Parliament is the symbol of the country's democracy, in which all the parties and the opposition are represented. But, a section of the opposition also opposed the new building of the Parliament. When we developed the Kartavya Path, it was also opposed.

"These people did not even build a war memorial for the country's brave martyrs for 70 years. When we built the National War Memorial, he was not ashamed to criticise it publicly," he said.