All-inclusive, all-round development journey to continue: Modi

New Delhi: Ahead of Parliament’s last session before the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Wednesday that the country is touching new heights of progress and its journey of “all-inclusive and all-round” development will continue with people’s blessings.

In his customary remarks to journalists before the Budget Session’s start, Modi greeted them with “Ram Ram” (an invocation of Lord Ram) and noted that there is a tradition of not presenting a full budget before the polls. “We will follow the same tradition and present a full-fledged budget before you after a new government is formed,” he said, adding that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will in her budget, to be tabled on Thursday, come out with measures showing a direction.

Modi has frequently expressed confidence that his government will retain power in the elections. The prime minister also took an aim at Opposition MPs for frequently disrupting Parliamentary proceedings, saying those habituated to creating a ruckus and disrobing democratic values should introspect as they meet in the last session before the polls. If these MPs enquire in even their own Parliamentary constituencies, they will find that no one remembers those behind such ruckus and disruptions, Modi said.