'Only Influential People Would Get Chance': PM Modi Says Centre Increased Hajj Quota, Made Visa Rules Easier

PM Modi said India's Hajj quota has been increased and visa rules have also been made easier.

File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Narendra Modi on Monday said that the BJP government not only increased Hajj Quota for Indian citizens, but also made the visa rules easier for Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.

Hitting out at the previous government over bribery and corruption, during a poll rally in Aligarh, where he said that there was a log of fighting and bribery due to the Haj quota. 

However, PM Modi added that he requested the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia to increase the Haj quota for Muslims. 

#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Addressing a public rally in Aligarh, PM Narendra Modi says, "Earlier, due to less Haj quota, there used to be a lot of fighting and bribery was also prevalent there and only the influential people would get the chance to go to Haj. I had requested the… pic.twitter.com/yLDqxe5QDQ

— ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2024

"Today, not only has India's Haj quota increased but visa rules have also been made easier. The government took a very important decision," PM Modi said.

PM Narendra Modi also attacked the I.N.D.I.A alliance warning people that the opposition bloc have their eyes on their earnings and property.

"I want to warn the countrymen. Congress and the INDI alliance have their eyes on your earnings and your property. The 'Shehzada' of Congress says that if their government comes to power, they will investigate who earns how much, who has how many properties...Our mothers and sisters have gold. It is 'stree dhan', it is considered sacred, the law also protects it. Now these people's eyes are on the 'Mangalsutra' of women," Modi said. 

He also praised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saying that under the CM, UP became a hub of self-reliant India and self-reliant Army.  

"Because of BJP, now our UP is going to become a big hub of self-reliant India and self-reliant Army. I want to open the eyes of those people who keep identifying Yogi ji only with bulldozer. Whatever industrial development did not happen in Uttar Pradesh after independence, it happened during the period of Yogi ji alone. His mission of One District, One Product is creating new respect in the entire country," he said.

#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: PM Narendra Modi praises CM Yogi Adityanath during his public rally in Aligarh

PM Modi says, "Because of BJP, now our UP is going to become a big hub of self-reliant India and self-reliant Army. I want to open the eyes of those people who keep identifying… pic.twitter.com/WiWyvhffPF

— ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2024

 

"You talked about bulldozers, if someone has taken the development to new heights, Yogi ji's government has taken it and as an MP from Kashi, he is also my Chief Minister. I feel proud that I have such colleagues," he added.