NEW DELHI: Asserting that decisions of the NDA government are made through a democratic process, Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today said one of the tragedies with the government is “image vs reality”.
“One of the tragedies with our party and the government is image versus reality and ground reality versus perception,” Gadkari, who also holds the shipping portfolio, said when asked whether ministers get a chance to speak during Cabinet meetings.
“We have very strong discussions in the Cabinet. Many times, we oppose views of even what the Prime Minister has and there is a democratic system and by that, we are taking decisions.”
He tried to fight off the perception in certain quarters that there is no democratic system and it is all personality-centric. “This is not the fact. We have qualitative discussions and everyone is free,” he stressed while answering queries at the India Today Conclave here.
Citing an example, the former BJP president added that even sometimes Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal criticises his policies and vice versa.
“It is a very healthy atmosphere and we are working for the interest of the country. We are transparent, time-bound, result-oriented and the most important thing in our Cabinet is we are making policies and taking decisions. Not taking decision is not the policy of this government,” he emphasised.
Goyal, in a lighter vein, said Gadkari speaks the most during Cabinet meetings.(Agencies)
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