New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he wants a strong opposition in the country and parties that are dedicated to democracy. He said that he does not have personal issues with anyone.
"I want a strong opposition in the country, I am not against anyone," PM Modi said during a address at Paraunkh, the ancestral village of President Ram Nath Kovind.
The Prime Minister said he wants the parties stuck in nepotism to free themselves from it and treat themselves and only then the country's democracy will be strengthened. Only then, the country's youth will get more and more opportunities to enter into politics.
He said that it is nepotism that throttles talents not only in politics but in every field, and prevents the people from progressing. He said dynastic politics must stop so that anyone born in a village can become the prime minister and or the president.
"I see that people who fit my definition of familism are angry with me. In every nook and corner of the country, these family members are uniting against me," PM Modi said.
Earlier on Friday, President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Pathri Mata temple at Paraunkh village in Kanpur. They performed puja to Pathri Devi, a deity widely revered in the village.
Governor Anandiben Patel and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were also part of the visit.
Paraunkh has been developed as a "model village" with a yoga park, open-air gym, and an Anganwadi centre with its own "nutrition Vatika", among other facilities.