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Nassau (USA): Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Modi) said in Nassau that this year is important for the world. The world is going through tensions. On the other hand, India and America are celebrating democracy. On one hand, elections have been held in India and on the other hand, presidential elections are to be held in America. The strategic relations between India and America are for the good of the world. After this, he reminded the gift given to the NRIs and said that our new consulate has been opened in Seattle. Suggestions were sought for 2 more consulates. After your suggestions, it has been decided to open 2 new consulates in Houston and Los Angeles.
I will get help in taking Tamil philosophy to the world at the University of Houston. Your event was really wonderful. The cultural program held here was wonderful. Other people could not come due to the venue being small. I apologize to the friends whom I could not meet here. Next time we will meet him in some other event. The enthusiasm and passion will be the same. May you remain healthy and prosperous and keep strengthening the friendship between India and America. The Prime Minister said that now you will soon witness the Olympics in India too. We are making every possible effort to host the 2036 Olympics.
I want to live for the country – PM Modi
In Nassau, he said that I am the first Prime Minister of the country who was born after independence. That is why I did not get the privilege of dying for the country’s independence, but now I want to live for the country. I never thought that I would become CM and PM. Prime Minister Modi said that when I became CM in Gujarat, I remained there for 13 years and then people promoted me and made me PM. The country and the world have seen the success of our government model. Now seeing this, people have entrusted me with this third term with great confidence. I will dedicate my life for Swaraj.
PM Modi said that my life has been such that wherever I lived, I ate there, drank there and slept there. I went from the sea to the peaks of the Himalayas. I experienced life first hand. My mission was clear from the first day. I had decided the direction of my life to be something else, but my intentions brought me to politics. For the freedom of the country, some were hanged, while others were shot. But we could not die for the country, but we can live for the country. It was not in our fate to die for the freedom of the country, but it is in our fate to live.
The people have given us an opportunity for the third time, we will work with three times the power
PM Modi said that the mandate of the people of India means a lot. We have been given an opportunity to be in power for the third time. Therefore, we have to achieve big goals in the third term. We have to move ahead with three times the strength and three times the speed. Today, India’s IPL has become the biggest league in the world. Not only this, India’s films are making waves in the world. Today every country wants to understand and know India more and more. Just yesterday, America has returned about 300 old inscriptions and statues of ours, which someone had stolen from India. Till now America has returned about 500 such heritages to India. This is not a matter of returning a small thing. This is a respect for our heritage of thousands of years. This is a respect for India and you too. I am grateful to America for this.
In the last 10 years, one university has been built every week in India
Prime Minister Modi, while showing the pace of development of India, said that today one university is being built every week in India. He also gave the example of revival of Nalanda. All of you must be familiar with Nalanda University. Some time ago, Nalanda University of India has come in a new avatar. He said that two colleges are being built every day, one IIT every day, the number of Triple ITs has increased, the number of AIIMS has increased 3 times. The number of medical colleges has also doubled. Today, India also has one of the top global universities. Till now the world has seen the power of Indian designers, now the world will see the glory of designing in India.
Every house in India will become a solar power home
Prime Minister Modi said that India has started on the path of making every house a solar home, from homes to roads. From railway stations to other institutions, everything is going to run on solar energy. 21st century India is moving ahead on the strength of research, innovation and new technology. In 2014, only 5 cities had metro, today 23 cities of India have it. Today India has the second largest metro network in the world. It is expanding. Earlier, only 70 cities in India had airports. But in 2014, 140 cities have airports. In 2014, less than 100 villages had broadband connectivity and 2 lakh panchayats have it. Today, India has 310 million LPG consumers. The work that used to take years earlier is now getting completed in months.
Every Indian wants India to become the third largest economy of the world soon
Prime Minister Modi said that every Indian wants the country to become the third largest economy of the world. People got gas, water and electricity connections at their homes. Crores of toilets have been built. Crores of such people now want a quality life. Now the people of India don’t want only roads, they want great expressways. They don’t want only railways, they want high-speed trains. Every city in India expects to have a metro and its own airport. Every citizen, every village wants to have the best facilities in the world. We are seeing the result of this.
