New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said that names for social sector schemes like Clean India campaign are not important, only the issues are.
Taking on the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Modi said: "Names are not important. What is important is the issue."
Opposition parties including Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP), had claimed that most of the schemes launched by Modi were "repackaged".
Modi was replying to a discussion on the motion of thanks to the president's address.
The prime minister also said that cleanliness is linked to the dignity of women.
"Governments come and go. The nation is made by the people, their strength and their abilities," he said.
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