PM Modi said public property which was targetted during such agitation is for the use of citizens, including those indulging in violence and arson
Lucknow: On Wednesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested citizens of Uttar Pradesh, which has witnessed several protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), to maintain public properties instead of destroying them. While addressing in Lucknow at a function at the Lok Bhawan, PM Modi asked people not to pay attention to the rumors.
He said “I urge and tell these protesters that if good roads, facilities, and a clean sewerage system is a citizen’s right, maintaining them correctly is their responsibility as well,” he said. “People who damaged public property and were involved in violence in the name of agitation in UP should introspect if what they did was right.”
Lucknow had witnessed widespread arson by anti-CAA protesters on December 19, in which vehicles including media outside broadcasting (OB) vans, and a police outpost were set ablaze by rampaging mobs. At least one person was killed after sustaining a bullet wound during violence in the city.
PM Modi said public property which was targetted during such agitation is for the use of citizens, including those indulging in violence and arson.
“Since partition and independence, we focus has been on our rights. Now the need of the hour is to change our attitude towards our duties and responsibilities in nation-building,” Modi added.
Modi claimed if the people have the right to good roads, public amenities, medical facilities, good education, etc, then they also should take responsibility to ensure the safety and cleanliness of such infrastructure and services.
Earlier Modi unveiled a statue of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Lok Bhawan and also laid the foundation stone for the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University in Lucknow. The UP government has given 50 acres of land for the varsity.
PM Modi also launched a national plan to conserve groundwater on the 95th birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who represented Lucknow in the Lok Sabha five times.
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