Today in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoists Flag on the occasion of 69th Independence Day. PM Modi addresss nation from Red Fort.
PM Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honour at Red Fort.PM paid tribute at Rajghat.
“Today on this special day, I convey my greetings to 125 crore Indians and the Indian community living overseas,” says PM Modi as crowd cheers him.If India has problems, we also have 125-crore brains to solve those problems.
Renewable energy is a focus area for us, says Narendra Modi. “In 60 weeks, 60 crore new people have recieved new gas connections. This speed is what will bring a change in the quality of life of people of this nation.”
“Women need to be economically empowered. Even if one woman in the family is educated, the family’s economical problems will vanish in a jiffy”
PM Modi steers clear of controversial topics like cow politics and atrocities against Dalits. Narendra Modi, in a veiled attack, mentioned Pakistan and said that India is a nation which cried when little children were killed in Peshawar, “However, there are nations who glorify terrorism. India will not tolerate violence, neither will it tolerate terrorism.”
In his 90-minute speech at the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of the Gilgit-Baltistan region, Balochistan and PoK. Senior editor of Firstpost Sreemoy Talukdar, in this piece, analyses the importance of these regions for India and how the PM is moving to fix the biggest geopolitical failure. Here’s an excerpt:
For decades since Independence, India has historically and inexplicably let Pakistan run away with the Kashmir narrative. Pakistan has forced three battles on us over the Valley and lost each of those. But Islamabad still managed a permanent seat on the high horse of morality. It got to set the terms despite being the vanquished. And as victors, all that successive Indian governments could do was to adopt a defensive posture. While we have always tended to ignore, even play down our legal claim over the part of Kashmir (the so-called Northern Areas now known as Gilgit Baltistan) occupied by Pakistan, our neighbours have never failed to claim its writ on the area on our side of Line of Control through diplomatic, overt and even covert means.
