Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 21 in Gwalior said that the Central government in the past 10 years has taken various unprecedented decisions with long-term planning, and has also freed the nation from several pending tasks, including 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies with the passage of the women’s reservation Bill, abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the one rank one pension (OROP) for ex-servicemen, implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and the banning of triple talaq.
Mr. Modi was speaking at the 125th founder’s day ceremony of the Scindia School in Gwalior in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Also present were Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel; Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan; Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar; Union Minister Jitendra Singh, an alumnus of the school; and Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is also the president of the school’s board of directors.
“Our government is going to complete 10 years. In these years, the decisions that the nation has taken with long-term planning are unprecedented. We have also freed the nation from the burden of many pending decisions,” he said.
