Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday blamed the previous Congress governments for meting out "step-motherly" treatment to villages in the country after Independence and breaking their trust.
Addressing a public event in Rewa on the occasion of the National Panchayati Raj Day, PM Modi said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government has changed the situation and pumped in huge grants to panchayats.
“The party which ruled the most after Independence broke the trust of villages...meted out step-motherly treatment to them," PM Modi said.
