PM Modi calls for country to go digital

Prime Minister calls upon depositors not to return money to those who misused their accounts; once again asks people to use e-wallets for transactions; says queueing up in front of ATMs and banks won’

PM Modi addressing the crowd at the Parivaratan Rally in Muradanagar. (PTI)

LUCKNOW : Claiming that the country was ready to go digital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted people to switch over to digital transactions as soon as possible to reduce the scope for corrupt practices. While addressing a Parivartan yatra in Moradabad on Saturday, he said: “Your phone is your wallet. Your don’t need to withdraw money from ATMs. Buy things from the money in your account through your phones.”

“People may ask how a big chunk of Indians, who are illiterate, can switch over to a cashless transaction. Indians have always been ready for a change. When the world uses ballot paper to vote, Indians vote through the button,” he stated to emphasise his point over going for e-transactions.

Earlier, touching on the issue of development, Modi gave a call to rid the country of poverty by developing larger states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra. The PM said that if poverty was reduced in larger states, the overall number of poverty-stricken people in the country would also come down.

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Extending his gratitude to the people of UP, Modi said that he did not fight elections from Varanasi to win a Lok Sabha seat but to free the Hindi heartland from deprivation and poverty and usher in a new era of development. “With development comes employment, electricity, education, low–cost treatment and better lifestyle,” the PM said.

Sharing people’s concern over corruption in the society at every level, Modi said that he was fighting the war on corruption for his countrymen. “Some people point an accusing finger at me. What can they (corrupt) do to me? We are fakirs, we will carry our bags and walk away,” he said. Referring to the alleged misuse of Jan Dhan account of the poor by rich people to convert black money into white, the PM cautioned them against letting their accounts being misused. “Don’t ever return that money. Don’t take out even a single penny. Promise me that you will not withdraw that money. If you do that, I promise you that I will find a way to send those corrupt people to jail and the money to your account for your use,” said Modi.