Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

Faced moments of national pride: PM

- Smriti Kak Ramachandr­an

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India had developed confidence in its own ways and it no longer came under pressure from other nations. This along with country’s armed forces giving a “befitting” reply to enemies, had inculcated a feeling of pride in the nation in the last seven years of NDA government’s rule.

During his monthly radio broadcast, Mann Ki Baat, which coincided with the seventh anniversar­y of the Modi government coming to power, the PM also said the achievemen­ts in these years were an outcome of all having worked with dedication in the service of the nation.

“Whatever accomplish­ments have been made during these last seven years belong to the country and the countrymen. We have together experience­d many moments of national pride. When we see that now India does not work as per the thoughts and pressures of other nations, but according to its resolve, we feel proud. When we see that India gives a befitting reply to all those who conspire against it, then our self-confidence gets a further boost. When India does not compromise on the issues of national security… when the strength of security forces increases then we think that yes, we are on the right track,” the PM said.

The Bjp-led NDA government was re-elected in May 2019 with an unpreceden­ted majority of 303 seats.

“In the last seven years the nation has resolved many old disputes peacefully and cordially. From the north-east to Kashmir there is a new belief of peace and developmen­t,” he said.

Sharing the credit for these accomplish­ments with people, the PM went on to say, “…And have you ever thought how these works that could not be accomplish­ed in decades have been completed in the last seven years… this has been posNEW DELHI:

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