Corruption has infiltrated the lives of Indians like termites and the central government, with the continuous help of technology, is taking various steps to defeat it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.
"My dear countrymen, you know it very well that corruption and nepotism has hurt our country beyond imagination and it has infiltrated our lives like termites. We are trying continuously to throw it out," Modi said during his Independence Day speech.
India has got some success in rooting out corruption, but the disease is so deep and widespread that everyone has to continuously try at every level, not just at the level of the government, to end it, he said.
"All of the work may not be over in one attempt. Bad habits and old diseases get cured sometimes but then such a disease makes a comeback whenever it gets an opportunity," the prime minister said.
He also said,"Corruption is a disease and to defeat it, we have taken certain steps by using technology continuously."
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