Addressing a couple of government events in West Bengal on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, communicated clearly that India has strict policy of zero-tolerance against corruption.PM Modi addressed the G20 meet and BJPs Kshetriya Panchayati Raj Parishad in West Bengal today and said some significant things. He addressed the G20 Anti-Corruption Ministerial Meeting in Kolkata virtually, stating that India has a strict policy of zero tolerance against corruption. He underlined that India is leveraging technology and e-governance to create a transparent and accountable ecosystem.#WATCH | PM Modi alleges TMC of threatening BJP candidates and booth capturing during West Bengal Panchayat pollsThey do anything required to ensure that no BJP candidate can file nomination..they not only threaten BJP workers but also the voters. Contracts are given out to… pic.twitter.com/9yhGFfjWHA— ANI (@ANI) August 12, 2023 Referring to Kautilya in the Arthashastra, Modi said that it is the governments duty to enhance the States resources to maximise the welfare of its people.“The need to combat corruption to achieve this goal and said that it is the sacred duty of the government towards its people,” he said.He further mentioned that leakages and gaps in welfare schemes and government projects are being plugged in.Speaking about the enactment of the Economic Offenders Act in 2018, PM Modi said that the government is aggressively pursuing economic offenders and informed about the recovery of assets worth over 1.8 billion dollars from economic offenders and fugitives.He also spoke about the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) which has helped attach the assets of offenders worth more than USD 12 billion since 2014.Addressing the party conference, he affirmed that BJP has defeated the no-confidence motion initiated by the Opposition in the Parliament. He said that Opposition is spreading negativity over the Manipur issue and when he tried to address the same, they all left the Parliament premises. He also slammed the Trinamool Congress over poll-related violence during the West Bengal panchayat election.
