PM Modi envisions a ‘New India’ by 2022
new delhi — Fresh from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday talked about inclusivity and pitched for building a ‘New India’ by 2022 that would make the nation’s founding fathers proud.
Accepting felicitations from party leaders and supporters at the BJP headquarters, Modi said he saw the election results as the “foundation of a new India”.
“I see this victory as the foundation of a new India where 65 per cent of the population will be of young people below 35 years of age... a new India of unprecedently vigilant women. A new India
When we mark 75 years of freedom in 2022, we should have made an India that will make Gandhi Ji, Sardar Patel & Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar proud narendra Modi
where the poor do not want anything by way of charity, but seek opportunity to chart out their own course. I see this change happening,” he said. — PTI
Despite the absence of any emotional issue, so many came forward to vote. I am seeing a new India here Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
new delhi — Observing that the results of the recent assembly polls were food for thought for experts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday envisioned a “New India” that looks to contribute and not just to take.
A day after BJP secured a historic mandate in the assembly polls, Modi undertook a victory march from Le Meridien hotel to the nearby party headquarters on Ashoka Road, thanking the people and party workers.
“There are many reasons for winning an election but the massive voting that led to this massive win has become food for thought for political pundits,” Modi said addressing party workers.
“I have been seeing opinions of political pundits and media reports. We have seen emotional issues dominating elections. No party has won elections only on development agenda and without an emotional issue. But we have done that,” he said.
Asserting that he was never bound by electoral motives, Modi called upon the people of the coun- try to strive towards creating a “New India” by 2022.
“I have seen the deluge of pollcentric dreams, I envision a new India. We want 1.25 crore Indians collectively striving to make New India. “We respect and accept the work done by all Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers. In 2022 when we will celebrate 75 years India, we want to have a new India. An India of the dreams of the youth, of empowered women and their dreams. A new India that looks to contribute and not just to take. The India that seeks opportunities to grow.
“We have five years and if all Indians pledge their commitment, then India can never lag back,” he said, adding the results of the assembly polls have boosted the country’s aspirations.
He also asserted that he would seek to relieve the “most burdened” middle-class.
“The middle class is the most burdened section, burdened of tax, societal norms... This burden needs to go and that will happen once the poor are empowered to shoulder their own burdens.
“And today’s poor do not look for doles, they want opportunities to utilise their hard work. The strength of the poor and the aspirations of the middle class can take India to new heights,” he said.
He also said BJP was having its golden period that didn’t suddenly come but was a result of four generations of toil and sweat.
Noting that the government has no right to discriminate against anybody, Modi said: “This government is of those who have voted for it and also those who have not. Of those who have walked along, and also of those who have not.”
“Everybody will join in the making of a new India,” he said.
Having shown his characteristic aggression while stumping, Modi made a fervent pitch for humility.
“As fruits grow on a tree, no matter how big it is, it starts bending. Nature inspires us. As the fruits of victory cover this tree call BJP, it becomes our responsibility to bend, to become more humble,” he said.
Referring to the generations of Jana Sangh and BJP leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani, Kushabhau Thakre and Jana Krishnamrrthi who “gave their youth and life” for raising “this banyan tree”, Modi said power was “not an instrument to rule but a tool of service to people”. — IANS, PTI