Day speech: Modi indirectly attacks opposition

The red Fort speech later highlighted the resolve of 125 crore Indians, as “Team India”, to root out corruption, and to make India a developed nation by 2022 when it celebrates the 75th anniversary of independence.

Using the term “Team India” a number of times to indicate a united nation, Modi said people were also willing to contribute in their own way. This is the strength of India.

“Corruption had become part of the system”.

“One year later, it seems that caution characterizes the Modi government’s performance just as enthusiasm had defined Modi’s election promises”, the Washington-based Hudson Institute said this week. “Termites still exist in some small places”. He has always believed that people are his power, whether it was in Gujarat or in India.

He, however, disappointed lakhs of ex-service personnel who were awaiting for a concrete announcment on the One-Rank-One-Pension scheme. We should recruit on the basis of merit.

There were over 12,000 suggestions from citizens on Mygov.in.

Labour intensive sectors like leather, food processing and textiles are seen as areas where start-ups intertwined with social inclusion drive mooted by Prime Minister Modi were possible.

“With your support, I pledge a corruption-free India”.

During my visit, I seek to enhance cooperation in energy, trade and will talk to investors on why India is an attractive destination to invest. Some of his remarks over domestic policies have also prompted sharp criticism from several sections of the society.

“They can’t sleep peacefully unless they are able to spread this sense of pessimism among other people”.

He also reaffirmed his government’s anti-corruption credentials which have been dented in recent months by allegations of impropriety and corruption against foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje in L’affaire Modi and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the Vyapam scam.

Last year he spoke about “Swachh Bharat” and Niti Ayog, today he made his points on OROP and corruption in his trademark style complete with voice modulation and appropriate gesticulation.

There should be a momentum created for achievement of goals by 2022. UAE is a global economic success story that has attracted people from all over the world. This is no ordinary morning.

A visit to UAE at this juncture would provide him with the much-needed “moral booster” when he engages with a cross section of Indians. In no way can they be tolerated, this is Team India, a team of 125 crore Indians.

We have been very successful in our campaign to make toilets, especially for girls in schools across India.

Jan Bhagidari is the biggest asset of a democracy.

The prime minister also said no person wants to remain poor and those who live in poverty want to move away to achieved a better quality of life. “All our policies should benefit the poor people in the nation”, Modi said.

There is a new atmosphere of trust.

“For the poor, the doors of banks were closed”. We decided this must end.

Speaking from ramparts of historic red fort at a gathering commemorating India’s 69th independence day, Modi gave a call for spreading spirit of entrepreneurship across lowest levels of development pyramid. But this is still easy.