Union Minister Nitin Gadkari gives credit to Manmohan Singh for coining the term 'acche din'

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has given credit to the earlier Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for coining the term 'acche din'. Gadkari, while speaking in Mumbai, has admitted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's famous slogan of 'acche din' had originally been coined by his predecessor Manmohan Singh.
Gadkari has also added that the phrase has now become the "millstone" around the neck of the NDA government because such a day can never come.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 14 September 2016.

He has clarified that "Acche din maanne se hota hai (Good days depends on one's belief)". It seems it was at an NRI meet in Delhi that Manmohan Singh had said that 'Acche din ayenge' (good days will come). When asked when 'acche din' will come, Singh had replied, 'in the future'.
Gadkari has said that Modi-ji said the same thing somewhere and it has now become the millstone around their neck. Incidentally, PM Modi had extensively used the 'acche din' slogan during the last Lok Sabha elections.
Gadkari went on to clarify that "Achhe din kabhi nahi aate. Achhe din ke naare gale mein fasi haddi hain (Good days never come. The slogan of Achhe din is a bone stuck in the throat for the National Democratic Alliance government."
The words 'Achhe Din' should not be taken in the literal sense but should be interpreted as gradual progress. He went on to explain that if a person has a bicycle, he would want a motorcycle, once the motorcycle is bought, the next target would be a car. Hence, no one ever feels that good days have arrived.


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