Bangalore:
Union Minister Anurag Thakur said the Center has set a target of making India ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047 and slammed the previous UPA government for corruption and cheating.
Addressing IT professionals here on Thursday, he said, “…IT stands for ‘India Tomorrow’ and what is the goal for India tomorrow? The goal is to develop India into Viksit Bharat by 2047.” Taking a dig at the Congress, the Union minister said, “Can you imagine, ten years ago, our countrymen found it difficult even to think about freeing themselves from the clutches of the corrupt Congress party and its alliance partners , where one scam after another took place. “
Referring to the various scams during the UPA regime, he said that as we have short memories, sometimes we forget especially those between the age of 18 and 22; they were only eight and ten years old at the time.
“They are not aware of 2G scam or CWG scam… They didn’t know about AgustaWestland, Coal scam and all…” “It is our duty to remind them that there were so many scams between 2009 and 2014 has taken place In this country, in 2014, it seemed that growth (of the country) was stagnant, inflation was high and policy paralysis was hitting the country hard and we were looking at an option,” he said.
Thakur said the country was looking for a way out and during that time the BJP came up with an alternative leader named Narendra Modi.
“Modi was a ray of hope in 2014. We promised that we will give you a clean government and I am happy that in the last ten years we can proudly say that not a single cent of corruption has been leveled against Modi in our government. or his ministers,” he said.
Thakur hailed the Narendra Modi-led government and said MODI stands for “Master of Digital Information” and also creator of developed India – Viksit Bharat.
Underscoring that Indian talent is the biggest resource the country has, he said, “We need to reskill them, upskill them. Covid has taught us whatever you learn in the age of technology, you have to keep retraining yourself… and that artificial intelligence will play a very important role, our talent, the Indian talent in IT (information technology), will have a very play an important role in bringing billions of dollars and jobs to India.” Addressing the Congress over communications from the IT department to the party, he said: “Political parties do not have to pay income tax, which has been exempted, but they have to file income tax returns. But look at the oldest party in the country… they fail to file their income tax returns.
“If you don’t file your income tax return you get a notice, why should Congress be treated above the law. That is what the Income Tax Department did, they gave them a notice but they did not respond, look at the arrogance they did not respond to,” he said.
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