Abuses and bullets won’t solve the Kashmir issue, embracing Kashmiris will solve the problm
New Delhi: The country is celebrating its 71st Independence Day today. On this occasion Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the Tricolor flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort and now addressing the country, mentioning terrorism, corruption, demonetisation, GST and three divorces. PM Modi expressed grief at the death of 36 children at Gorakhupar Medical College in the beginning of his speech. PM Modi gave a 55-minute speech to the Red Fort in which he stressed the resolve to make ‘New India’ by 2022.
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PM Modi finished his speech by speaking ‘Vande Mataram’, ‘Jai Hind’ and ‘Jai of Bharat Mata’.
PM Modi said: This country can not accept violence in the name of faith. The country runs with peace, unity and goodwill … It is our culture and culture that walk with everyone. Then there was the slogan of Quit India …now unity india Today is India’s slogan.
PM Modi spoke on three divorces- Women suffering from three divorces shook the intellectual class of the country with their agitation, the country will help in getting the rights of these women.
PM Modi said about farmers: If the farmer gets strength then he can grow gold from the soil. We have started 21 schemes out of 99, the rest are going to start. Until we give the facility to the farmer till seed to market, the change will not be there.
8.29am: PM Modi concludes his Independence Day address at Red Fort with chants of ‘Jai Hind’, ‘Vande Mataram’, ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’.
8.25am: We must take a pledge to make a new India by 2022: PM Modi.
8.21am: We are fighting corruption – for the bright future of India and the well being of our people, says PM Modi.
8.20am: After demonetisation, 3 lakh companies were discovered as shell companies and the registration of 1.75 lakh companies were cancelled: PM Modi.
8.17am: From 1 April to 5 August, the number of people filing income tax went up to 56 lakh, says PM Modi.
Today, I want to proudly tell people that within just three years, we have recovered Rs 1.25 lakh crore black money: PM Modi.
8.15am: Casteism and communalism will not help us. Violence in the name of faith will not be tolerated in this land of Gandhi and Buddha: PM Modi.
8.12am: I admire the courage of women who suffer due to ‘Tripe Talaq’. We are with them in their struggles, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
8.10am: We are nurturing our youth to be job creators and not just job seekers: PM Modi.
8.05am: Be it issue of gas subsidy, Swachh Bharat or demonetisation , people of India extended their full support, says Narendra Modi.
8am: On the basis of those who got gallantry award, we are launching a portal through which the youth can find out about those who sacrificed for the country: PM Modi.
7.55am: We have to work for the progress of Jammu and Kashmir, says PM Modi.
Abuses and bullets won’t solve the Kashmir issue, embracing Kashmiris will, says PM Modi.
7.50am: PM Modi says that India is not alone in the fight against terrorism and other nations are actively supporting its bid to end terrorism.
7.46am: The concern for national security is a natural one in an independent India. Our security forces have always shown their capabilities whenever on duty. Whether it is terrorism or infiltrators, our security personnel have always been ready for sacrifice, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
When surgical strike was carried out, the world came to know about the power that India possesses: PM Modi.
7.43am: We have to leave this ‘Chalta Hai’ attitude and adopt the ‘Badal Sakta Hai’ attitude, which will help us as a nation: PM Modi.
7.42am: We have to take the country ahead with the determination of creating a ‘New India’ : PM Modi.
Everybody is equal in our nation, no one big or small. Together we can bring a positive change in the nation, says Modi during his address to the nation.
7.41am: People of India stand shoulder to shoulder with those affected due to natural disasters and the tragedy in Gorakhpur: PM Modi.
7.40am: This is a special year- 75th anniversary of Quit India, 100th anniversary of Champaran Satyagraha, 125th anniversary of Ganesh Utsav: PM Modi.
7.30am: The Army Band plays the National Anthem as PM Modi unfurls the tricolour.
7.20am: PM Modi has arrived at the Red Fort. He will be addressing the nation shortly.
7am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches Rajghat to pay his homage to Mahatma Gandhi.
6.30am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the nation on occasion of India’s 71st Independence Day.
#स्वतंत्रतादिवस के शुभ अवसर पर सभी देशवासियों को बहुत-बहुत बधाई। जय हिन्द! Independence Day greetings to my fellow Indians. Jai Hind.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 15, 2017
