Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shaken up governance, and has a direct connect with the citizens and understands their problems, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Speaking at the launch of the book Modi @20: Dreams Meet Delivery, Ms. Sitharaman said “he [Mr. Modi] has shaken up governance. He often says he didn’t come here [to politics] to enjoy power, be in government or rule, but to change the fundamentals. He often says ‘there is a need to change governance, it is my goal…”.
The Finance Minister said in 2013-14, the Indian economy put the nation among the ‘fragile five’ countries. “The leaders at that time [in power] were shaken. They used to keep mocking Modi- ji and questioned him. But people who were in power at that time…they had studied at Harvard and other institutions were shaken due to the global economic crisis of 2008,” she said.
