I-Day speech: Let's take a pledge to defeat poverty, says Modi-India Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his
over one-hour long extempore and charged Independence Day speech on Friday laid
out the action plan his government wants to take in the coming time and gave a
call to citizens to help build the nation.
Here are 15 things the PM said in his
extempore speech:
1. Everything is not
for us. There are some things that should be for the nation. Let's think beyond
'what about me' and look at the nation.
2. Can we not wage a
war and emerge victorious against poverty? Let us defeat poverty.
3. In a short span
of time, we will start a new institution that will work in place of the
Planning Commission
4. Let us think
about zero defect - that our products are not defective - and zero effect -
that our products have no adverse effect on the environment.
5. I tell the world
- come, make in India. Sell anywhere but manufacture here. We have the skill
and the talent.
6. We want to
integrate the poorest of the poor with bank accounts.
7. Have seen
families where one daughter served parents more than five sons.
8. Have we seen our
sex ratio? Who is creating this imbalance in society? Not the Almighty. I
appeal to doctors not to kill the girl child.
9. Sadly we saw
instances of communal violence for long. How long this go on? No one has gained
anything from this.
10. With a gun, you can make the earth red but if you have a plough,
you can make the earth green.
11. After all a person raping is someone's son. As parents, have we
asked our sons where he is going? Why not put same yardstick for sons too?
12. Our heads hang in shame when we hear news about rapes. Parents ask
about daughters but did anyone dare ask their sons?
13. I came from outside Delhi but I can say there is immense skill in
the people who are in the government.
14. I saw that even in one government there were different governments.
It was as if each had their own fiefdoms.
15. As a pradhan sevak, I convey my greetings.
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Let's build a new India, Modi says in Independence Day address-Times of India
NEW DELHI: In his maiden Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to work for a new and clean India by shedding the "poison" of communalism and making the country the world's manufacturing hub.
Addressing tens of thousands of cheering people gathered at the Red Fort complex on a bright morning, Modi spoke for over an hour, focusing mainly on nation building and underlining the need to forge national consensus on major issues.
In the process, Modi, 63, who took charge of India May 26, outlined his vision for the country, frankly admitting the faults within and calling on neighbouring countries to team up with India to battle poverty.
He also announced a burial of the Planning Commission, saying it was not needed any more. He said a new institution will take its place.
For the first time in years, there was no reference to Pakistan in the Independence Day address. Indeed, he made no mention to any other country except neighbouring Bhutan and Nepal which he recently visited.
Indians, he said, needed to give up the "poison" of casteism and communalism and added it was a shame that these plagued India even so many years after Independence.
"How long will this continue?" he asked, sounding emotive. "We have fought enough, we have killed enough. Turn back and see, has anyone gained anything?"
He said decades of bloodshed had caused deep wounds to "Bharat Mata", adding there should be no violence for 10 years.
Wearing his trademark white half-sleeve kurta pyjama with a polka-dotted flaming orange turban, Modi reached the 17th century Red Fort after paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat.
Before beginning the speech, Modi — in a departure from convention — took salute from the armed forces. He spoke mostly extempore, occasionally looking down for a peek at his notes.
Narendra Modi interacts with children at the Red Fort monument after addressing the nation on occasion of Indian Independence Day. (AP photo)
Asking the world to "Come, Make in India!", Modi urged global investors to make this country a manufacturing hub.
"I tell the world, Make in India! Sell anywhere but manufacture here. We have the skill and talent."
He said it should be every Indian's dream to see "Made in India" products around the world — green friendly and with zero defects.
Reiterating his dream to make India a clean place, Modi asked: "Do we want to live in filth?"
He said India should become clean and hygienic by 2019 — the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a staunch believer in cleanliness.
Modi made special reference to women's safety and the girl child.
Despairing over India's skewed sex ratio, he told Indians to end female feticide. "I appeal to parents not to sacrifice the girl child."
Modi added: "Our heads hang in shame when we hear news about rape."
Dubbed by critics as a divisive personality, the prime minister underlined the need to take everyone along. "Let us walk together, think together, and make a determination to take ahead the nation together."
Lending a personal touch, the prime minister hailed Indian democracy for allowing a person from "a poor family, an ordinary family" to assume the country's top post.
"I stand before you today not as the prime minister but as the Pradhan Sevak (Chief Public Servant)." The remark, made at the start of his speech, drew thunderous applause.
Modi also called himself "an outsider to Delhi. But an outsider came to Delhi and got an insider view (of the administration)".
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lets-build-a-new-India-Modi-says-in-Independence-Day-address/articleshow/40304317.cms
Let's build a new India, Modi says in Independence Day address-Times of India
NEW DELHI: In his maiden Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to work for a new and clean India by shedding the "poison" of communalism and making the country the world's manufacturing hub.
Addressing tens of thousands of cheering people gathered at the Red Fort complex on a bright morning, Modi spoke for over an hour, focusing mainly on nation building and underlining the need to forge national consensus on major issues.
In the process, Modi, 63, who took charge of India May 26, outlined his vision for the country, frankly admitting the faults within and calling on neighbouring countries to team up with India to battle poverty.
He also announced a burial of the Planning Commission, saying it was not needed any more. He said a new institution will take its place.
For the first time in years, there was no reference to Pakistan in the Independence Day address. Indeed, he made no mention to any other country except neighbouring Bhutan and Nepal which he recently visited.
Indians, he said, needed to give up the "poison" of casteism and communalism and added it was a shame that these plagued India even so many years after Independence.
"How long will this continue?" he asked, sounding emotive. "We have fought enough, we have killed enough. Turn back and see, has anyone gained anything?"
He said decades of bloodshed had caused deep wounds to "Bharat Mata", adding there should be no violence for 10 years.
Wearing his trademark white half-sleeve kurta pyjama with a polka-dotted flaming orange turban, Modi reached the 17th century Red Fort after paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat.
Before beginning the speech, Modi — in a departure from convention — took salute from the armed forces. He spoke mostly extempore, occasionally looking down for a peek at his notes.
Narendra Modi interacts with children at the Red Fort monument after addressing the nation on occasion of Indian Independence Day. (AP photo)
Asking the world to "Come, Make in India!", Modi urged global investors to make this country a manufacturing hub.
"I tell the world, Make in India! Sell anywhere but manufacture here. We have the skill and talent."
He said it should be every Indian's dream to see "Made in India" products around the world — green friendly and with zero defects.
Reiterating his dream to make India a clean place, Modi asked: "Do we want to live in filth?"
He said India should become clean and hygienic by 2019 — the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a staunch believer in cleanliness.
Modi made special reference to women's safety and the girl child.
Despairing over India's skewed sex ratio, he told Indians to end female feticide. "I appeal to parents not to sacrifice the girl child."
Modi added: "Our heads hang in shame when we hear news about rape."
Dubbed by critics as a divisive personality, the prime minister underlined the need to take everyone along. "Let us walk together, think together, and make a determination to take ahead the nation together."
Lending a personal touch, the prime minister hailed Indian democracy for allowing a person from "a poor family, an ordinary family" to assume the country's top post.
"I stand before you today not as the prime minister but as the Pradhan Sevak (Chief Public Servant)." The remark, made at the start of his speech, drew thunderous applause.
Modi also called himself "an outsider to Delhi. But an outsider came to Delhi and got an insider view (of the administration)".
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lets-build-a-new-India-Modi-says-in-Independence-Day-address/articleshow/40304317.cms
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