Modi Emotional Speech in Karnal:
- Haryana was instrumental in my growing years, I got my education here and (my) political training.
- Voters must ensure a win for the BJP to ensure my continuity and link with Haryana
- All the governments in the past 15 years have brought misery, goons (were) used to forcibly take over your land, there was lawlessness. If you want change you have to vote for me.
- Even the policeman in Haryana will not listen to me, as he is a policeman of the Congress government in Haryana, not of Delhi.
- Have to rid the state of the Congress, have to ensure that you ensure a majority and stable government.
- Congress is misleading farmers in Haryana.
- This election will decide Haryana's fate.
Modi pays tributes to Shyamji Krishna Varma
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Shyamji Krishna Varma on his birth anniversary and urged people to visit Kranti Teerth, a memorial that celebrates Shyamji Krishna Varma`s life and contribution.
“On his birth anniversary, I bow to Shyamji Krishna Varma. A devout patriot, he inspired several nationalists, both in India and overseas.
Shyamji Krishna Varma was closely associated with India House, which was a very active hub for the nationalist movement in London.
In 2003, I had the honour to bring Shyamji Krishna Varma`s ashes back to India from Switzerland.
In 2010, we dedicated Kranti Teerth to the nation. Kranti Teerth is a memorial that celebrates Shyamji Krishna Varma`s life and contribution.
I urge you to visit Kranti Teerth in Mandvi (Kutch district). Visit, get inspired by the life of Shyamji Krishna Varma!”, the Prime Minister said
Happy Gandhi Jayanthi
Why clean india - 'My clean india'
The change must be starts from you only, when it is starts from you the india will done ilike a clean india.Here the great prime minister Narendra modi can stars his work in 'my clean india',now the time for you,to show and give respect for your motherland .
MY CLEAN INDIA
BE PROUD OF YOU SIR "MODI"
On Gandhi Jayanti, we launched Swachh Bharat Mission, a historic mass movement integrating a billion Indians to create a Clean India. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, I am pleased to launch the Clean India Campaign. Come, devote time for a Clean India.
Clean India Campaign invites you to pick a location & clean it. Do share the 'Why Clean India' (before) & 'My Clean India' (after) images. Today I Joined the Clean India Campaign at Mandir Marg Police Station in Delhi.
Invited 9 people to join the Clean India Campaign. I invited Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, Sachin Tendulkar, Baba Ramdev, Shashi Tharoor, Kamal Haasan, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Ambani, Salman Khan and the entire team of the popular TV show 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' to join the Campaign
THE GREAT PRIME MINISTER SAY'S "BHARAT MATA KI JAI"@ NEW YORK
A stable business environment and investment in human resources are some of the issues highlighted by a group of Indian-American corporate leaders during a meeting with Honble Narendra Modi who invited them to come to India and teach business and entrepreneurship. In the over one hour-long meeting at a hotel
where Modi is staying, the distinguished Indian-Americans discussed with him ways to enhance their contribution in human resource development and research activities.
The group of around 10 top Indian-Americans including Chairman and CEO of Symphony Technology group Romesh Wadhwani, Cognizant CEO Francisco D'Souza, President and CEO of Adobe System Shantanu Narayen, President, University of President Houston Renu Khator, Harvard Business school Dean Nitin Nohria, CEO Harman International
Dinesh Paliwal, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Developer Division S Somasegar and President of Carneig Mellon University Subra Suresh.
Official sources said they were very upbeat about opportunities for growth in India and made various suggestions about possible avenues for consideration. They also spoke about usual requirements for stable business environment and need for investing in human resources in India. Emphasising on his ambitious 'Make in India' as well as the 'My Govt Digital Platform' projects, Modi spoke about the importance he places on the digital initiatives and innovations as well as research.
He invited them to come to India and teach during their vacations. Before he embarked on the US trip, Modi launched the 'Make in India' campaign rolling out a red carpet to industrialists, both domestic and international, inviting them to make India a manufacturing hub that will help boost jobs and growth. The My Govt Digital Platform initiative was launched in July with an aim to help citizens contribute in governance by giving their opinions and views on important issues.
There are multiple theme-based discussions on 'MyGov' where a wide range of people can share their thoughts and ideas. For those who wish to go beyond discussions and wish to contribute on the ground, MyGov offers several avenues to do so. Citizens can volunteer for various tasks and submit their entries.
After delivering a power-packed speech at UNGA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a packed Madison Square, New York on Sunday morning.
Thousands of Indian-American supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were seen lining up excitedly outside the iconic Madison Square Garden to listen to his eagerly
Indian-American men, women and children wearing colourful Indian attire have gathered to greet the prime minister since early morning to hear him speak with long lines of people waiting to enter the venue. Modi’s fans were seen carrying the Indian tricolour and wore traditional Indian garb with several groups of performers carrying drums and ‘dhols’ to give him a rousing welcome.
- Miss America Nina Davuluri s MC for this event.
- The event kicked off with artists performing a number from Sharukh Kahn’s ‘Chakde India’ and Bruce Springsteen’s classic ‘Born in the USA’.
- On stage, are artists performing Gujarati folk dance.
- Playback singer Kavita Krishnamurthy begins her performance with “I Love My India”.
- Members of Alliance for Justice and Accountablity holding a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. -
Supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi fill Madison Square Garden before before a reception by the Indian community in honor of Modi’s visit to the United States, Sunday. -
A painter creates a portrait of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi onstage as singer singer Kavitha Krishnamurthy, far left, performs during a reception by the Indian community in honor of the prime minister’s visit to the United States at Madison Square Garden.
Traditional dancers perform during a reception by the Indian community in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States at Madison Square Garden.
Modi arrives at Madison Square to a rousing reception by the crowd. Chants of “Modi, Modi…” ring through the 18,000 capacity stadium.
9.44 pm: The Indian anthem was sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy.
9.50 pm: Modi wishes every Indian a Happy Navaratri.
9.54 pm: There was a time when India was considered a land of snake charmers,thanks to you people and Information technology that the perception about our country has changed: PM Narendra Modi.
9.55 pm: Unlike our ancestors we play with mouse (referring to computers and IT), says Modi.
10.00 pm: I convey my thanks to all those who came to India during election campaign, says Modi.
10.05 pm: There is an atmosphere of hope and enthusiasm. India wants change, says Modi.
I might live miles away from you, But I do understand your issues: PM Modi.
10.28 pm: For us, it took only Rs 7 per km to reach Mars, says Narendra Modi.
10.30 pm: We have given importance to skill development. We created a separate Ministry for skill development, says Modi.
Cleanliness of river Ganga is necessary, says Narendra Modi from Madison Square.
10.45 pm: PIO card holders – they have lot of visa issues. We decided they will get lifelong visas, says Modi.
Modi concludes his speech saying “Bharat Mata Ki Jai!”.
ModiSpeech in Independens Day
Narendra Modi is all set to deliver his first Independence Day speech in New Delhi as India’s Prime Minister. The level of public anticipation from the likely content of his speech to its mode of delivery is a reflection on how over the past one year Modi has raised expectations. The dare last year from Lallan College is still fresh in public memory when Narendra Modi had challenged then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on who will deliver a better speech. While Narendra Modi’s Lallan College speech last year dominated television coverage for its skewering of Manmohan Singh’s uninspiring speech one aspect went less discussed.
Narendra Modi had, over the years, transformed the observance of Independence Day from elitist pageantry limited to the State capital to a people’s event across every district of the state of Gujarat.
The Independence Day speech in Bhuj on August 15, 2013 was politically significant as it triggered the chain of events leading up to Narendra Modi’s declaration as the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate. But a far more significant Independence Day speech delivered by Narendra Modi was in Patan exactly ten years prior on the August 15, 2003. The Independence Day Speech of Narendra Modi in Patan came about a year after his Governance was severely tested during the 2002 riots and was nine months after he had won his first Statewide election in Gujarat in December of 2002. The Patan speech also came in the backdrop of Narendra Modi facing perhaps the gravest political challenge with the late Haren Pandya’s father, Vittal Pandya leading a dissident effort to bring down Modi.
Narendra Damodardas Modi :
A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), also served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat state from 2001 to 2014. He is currently the Member of Parliament (MP) fromVaranasi.
Modi was a key strategist for the BJP in the successful 1995 and 1998 Gujarat state election campaigns. He became Chief Minister of Gujarat in October 2001 and served longer in that position than anyone else to date.He led the BJP in the 2014 general election, which resulted in an outright majority for the BJP in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian parliament) – the last time that any party had secured an outright majority in the Lok Sabha was in 1984.
Early life and education
Modi was born on 17 September 1950 to a family of grocers belonging to the backwardGhanchi-Teli (oil-presser) community, in Vadnagar in Mehsana district of erstwhileBombay State (present-day Gujarat), India.[12][13][14] He was the third of six children born to Damodardas Mulchand Modi and his wife, Heeraben.[15] He helped his father sell tea at Vadnagar railway station. As a child and as a teenager, he ran a tea stall with his brother near a bus terminus.[16][17] In 1967, he completed his schooling in Vadnagar, where a teacher described him as being an average student, but a keen debater who had an interest in theatre
That interest has influenced how he now projects himself in politics.[19] At the age of eight, Modi came in contact with RSS and he began attending its local shakhas where he came in contact with Lakshmanrao Inamdar, popularly known as Vakil Saheb, who is known as his political guru and mentor. Inamdar inducted Modi as a balswayamsevak, a junior cadet in RSS. During his morning exercise session at the keri pitha shakha of RSS, he also came in contact with Vasant Gajendragadkar and Nathalal Jaghda, leaders of the Jan Sangh who later founded the BJP's Gujarat state unit in 1980
Modi's parents arranged his marriage as a child, in keeping with the traditions of the Ghanchi caste. He was engaged at the age of 13 to Jashodaben Chimanlal and the couple were married by the time he was 18. They spent very little time together and were soon estranged because Modi decided to pursue an itinerant life,[16][25] and reportedly the marriage was never consummated.[26] Modi kept the marriage secret for most of his career only acknowledging the existence of his wife when filing his nomination for a parliamentary seat in the 2014 general elections
As per Modi in Kishore Makwana's Common Man Narendra Modi, published in 2014, after leaving home at 17, he went to Ramakrishna Mission ashram in Rajkot and then to theBelur Math near Kolkata. Then he went to Guwahati and later joined another ashram set up by Swami Vivekananda in Almora, in the Himalayan foothills. Two years after, he returned to Vadnagar and after a brief halt at his house, Modi left again for Ahmedabad, where he lived and worked in a tea stall run by his uncle where he again came in contact with Lakshmanrao Inamdar who was then based at Hedgewar Bhavan, the RSS headquarters in the city.[15][20][21] He then worked in the staff canteen of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation until he became a full–time pracharak (campaigner)[29] of the RSS in 1970.[23] In 1978, Modi graduated with an extramural degree through Distance Education in political science from Delhi University.[15][26] In 1983, while remaining as a pracharak in the RSS, completed his Master's degree in political science from Gujarat University.[18][30] He still continues to visit Belur Math occasionally[31][32] and talks about his reverence for the Ramakrishna Mission
Early political career
Modi became a member of the RSS after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[26] After Modi had received some RSS training in Nagpur, which was a prerequisite for taking up an official position in the Sangh Parivar, he was given charge of Sangh's student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, in Gujarat. During 1975–77, when Prime Minister Indira Gandhideclared a state of the emergency, political opponents were jailed and political organisation including RSS were banned. Modi went underground in Gujarat and to evade arrest was occasionally disguised as a Sikh, saint, elderly man etc. and printed and sent booklets against the central government to Delhi. He also organised agitations and covert distribution of the Sangh's pamphlets
He also participated in the movement against the Emergency under Jayaprakash Narayan. He was made the general secretary of the Gujarat Lok Sangharsh Samiti and his primary role was to co-ordinate between activists in the state.[15][36] During this period he wrote a book titled Sangharsh ma Gujarat (Gujarat's struggle) in Gujarati which chronicles events, anecdotes as well as his personal experiences
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The RSS assigned Modi to the BJP in 1985.[23] While Shankersinh Vaghela and Keshubhai Patel were the established names in the Gujarat BJP at that time, Modi rose to prominence after organising Murli Manohar Joshi's Kanyakumari-Srinagar Ekta yatra (Journey for Unity) in 1991.[16] In 1988, Modi was elected as organising secretary of BJP's Gujarat unit,[39] marking his formal entry into mainstream politics.[26] As secretary, his electoral strategy was central to BJP's victory in the 1995 state elections
In November 1995, Modi was elected National Secretary of BJP and was transferred to New Delhi where he was assigned responsibility for the party's activities in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.[40][42] Vaghela defected from the BJP after he lost the 1996 Lok Sabha elections, having previously threatened to do so in 1995.[16] Modi was promoted to the post of general secretary (Organisation) of the BJP in May 1998. While on the selection committee for the 1998 Assembly elections in Gujarat, Modi favoured supporters of Patel over those loyal to Vaghela, in an attempt to put an end to the factional divisions within the party. His strategies were credited as being key to winning the 1998 elections.
Chief Minister of Gujarat
In 2001, Keshubhai Patel's health was failing, and the BJP had lost seats in the by-elections. Allegations of abuse of power, corruption and poor administration were being made, and Patel's standing had been damaged by his administration's handling of the Bhuj Earthquake of 2001.[40][43][44] As a result, the BJP's national leadership sought a new candidate for the office of chief minister, and Modi, who had aired his misgivings about Patel's administration, was chosen as a replacement.[16] L. K. Advani, a senior leader of the BJP, did not want to ostracise Patel and was worried about Modi's lack of experience in governance. Modi declined an offer to be Patel's deputy chief minister, informing Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee that he was "going to be fully responsible for Gujarat or not at all", and on 7 October 2001, Modi was appointed the Chief Minister of Gujarat, with the responsibility of preparing the BJP for elections in December 2002.[45][46] As Chief Minister, Modi's ideas of governance revolved around privatisation and small government, which stood at odds with what political commentator Aditi Phadnis has described as the anti-privatisation, anti-globalisation position of the RSS
First term (2001–02)
2002 Gujarat riots
On 27 February 2002, a train with several hundred passengers including large numbers of Hindu pilgrims was burned near Godhra, killing around 60 people.[a] Following rumours that the fire was carried out by Muslim arsonists, anti-Muslim violence spread throughout Gujarat.[49] Estimates of the death toll ranged from 900 to over 2,000, while several thousand more people were injured.[50][51] The Modi government imposed a curfew in major cities, issued shoot-at-sight orders, and called for the army to prevent the violence from escalating.[52][53] However, human rights organisations, opposition parties, and sections of the media all accused Gujarat's government of taking insufficient action against the riots, and even condoning it in some cases.[52][53][54] Modi's decision to move the corpses of the Kar Sevaks who had been burned to death in Godhra to Ahmedabad had been criticised for inflaming the violence
In March 2008, the Supreme Court asked the state government to re-investigate nine cases in the 2002 Gujarat riots, including the Gulbarg Society incident, and constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the cases afresh.[54][57][58] Responding to a petition from Zakia Jafri, widow of Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the Gulbarg Society massacre, the Supreme court in April 2009 asked the SIT to probe her complaint alleging that Modi and another minister had been complicit in the killing.[57][59] The SIT questioned Modi in March 2010, and in May 2010 presented its report before the Court, stating that it found no evidence to substantiate the allegations.[57][60] In July 2011, the amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran submitted his final report to the Supreme Court, stating that Modi could be prosecuted based on the available evidence, contrary to the position of the SIT. Ramachandran's report was criticised by the SIT for relying on the testimony of Sanjiv Bhatt, who, it said, had fabricated the documents used as evidence.[61][62] The Supreme court handed the matter to the magistrate court, and left it to the SIT to examine Ramachandran's report. The SIT submitted its final report in March 2012, seeking closure of the case, against which Zakia Jaffri filed a protest petition. In December 2013, the magistrate court rejected the protest petition and accepted the clean chit given to Modi by SIT stating that there was no evidence against Modi in the case.
Modi's involvement in the events of 2002 has continued to be debated. Several scholars have described the events of 2002 as a pogrom, while others have called it an instance ofstate terrorism.[64][65][66] Summarizing academic views on the subject, Martha Nussbaum stated that "There is by now a broad consensus that the Gujarat violence was a form of ethnic cleansing, that in many ways it was premeditated, and that it was carried out with the complicity of the state government and officers of the law."[67] In 2012, Maya Kodnani, a former minister in Modi's Government from 2007–09, was convicted of having participated in the Naroda Patiya massacre during the 2002 riots.[68][69] She was both the first female and the first MLA to be convicted in a post-Godhra riots case.[70] While initially announcing that it would seek the death penalty for Kodnani, Modi's government eventually pardoned her in 2013 and settled for a prison sentence.
A few months after the riots, New York Times reporter Celia Dugger asked Modi if he wished he handled the riots any differently. He told her his only regret was that he did not handle the news media better[74][75] and cited India's NDTV channel as being irresponsible in its reporting.
Narendra Modi to get rock star reception in New York
It is a rock 'n' roller's dream to "sell out The Garden," but for a foreign politician to pack New York City’s most famous sports and entertainment arena is another thing entirely.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first trip to New York as leader of the world's most populous democracy, will draw perhaps the largest crowd ever by a foreign leader on U.S. soil when he takes the stage on Sunday in Madison Square Garden before a crowd forecast to total more than 18,000 people.
Thousands more are expected to pack New York's Times Square to watch his address in Hindi on big screens as well as smaller viewing parties around the country and on TV in India.
The Indian diaspora hopes this visit by a leader who was until recently barred from the United States will signify India's importance not only on these shores but in the wider world too.
The event is being emceed by prominent members of the Indian American community, Nina Davuluri, who has just relinquished her crown as Miss America 2014, and TV journalist Hari Sreenivasan.
"Indian citizens and diaspora over the world are hopeful that this (Modi) administration will cut bureaucracy and focus on people," said Dr. Dinesh Patel, chief of arthroscopic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who arrived in the United States more than 50 years ago.
Patel, who says he was given an award for work in education by Modi, a fellow Gujarati, added: "People are passionate to see the new leader. Another Narendra is coming to this country to let the USA know what India is about."
The first Narendra was Swami Vivekananda, a 19th-century philosopher and monk who propagated the Hindu faith in the United States. Modi often cites a speech by Vivekananda, born Narendra Nath Datta, to the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, as a source of inspiration.
"Let us remember the words of Swami Vivekananda and dedicate ourselves to furthering the cause of unity, brotherhood and world peace," Modi wrote Sept. 11 to his 6.5 million followers on Twitter.
India's economy, the third largest in Asia, has struggled to recover from sub-par growth, shackled by layers of bureaucracy anathema to the diaspora. Modi's general election triumph in May was driven in large part by his entrepreneurial mantra.
On the eve of his U.S. visit, tensions remain between the Washington and New Delhi over trade and spying.
The 64-year-old former chief minister of Gujarat was denied a U.S. visa in 2005 over sectarian rioting that killed more than 1,000 people, mainly Muslims, three years before. Modi, who denies wrongdoing, has been exonerated by a Supreme Court probe.
Washington was late to warm to Modi. Its ambassador to India only met him in February, when opinion polls already put his nationalists on course for a big election win.
DILIGENT DIASPORA
India's U.S. diaspora is a highly educated population of nearly 3.2 million, making up about 1 percent of the U.S. population, according to latest U.S. Census Bureau data.
As a group, they are more likely to be hooked to the internet than their fellow Americans, far more likely to have a college or professional degree and twice as well off with an average household income of more than $100,000.
"Indians are generally very ambitious and entrepreneurs," said Mike Narula, the founder, president and chief executive officer of Long Island, New York-based Reliance Communications, a distributor of mobile telecom devices and accessories.
Narula, who came to the United States 17 years ago, first working in the garment industry, now has his own company with more than, 200 employees. He's part of the host committee for Modi's visit to Washington, where the prime minister will meet with President Barack Obama on Monday and Tuesday.
"We attempted to do business in India. I hope Modi will look into streamlining issues such as VAT, the role of FDI (foreign direct investment) and find a way for American businesses to not have to go through 19 red tape bureaucracies," he said.
While Indian Americans are well represented in America's professional class, they are less visible in the military. Some 0.1 percent serve in the armed forces compared to 0.4 percent of Americans as a whole.
"The diaspora does very well on entrepreneurship, but not as much on the physical sacrifices. It is not just enough to be a citizen and taxpayer," said Raj Bhandari, a 48 year old Mumbai-born banker from New Jersey. "As a larger community I would like it to be more engaged on the front lines."
