On the occasion of National Youth Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (on Friday) energized the nation with his powerful speech. Inaugurating the 27th National Youth Festival in Maharashtra’s Nashik at Tapovan Ground, he emphasized the significance of youths’ contribution to the country’s development.
He started his speech by remembering Rajmata Jijau on her birth anniversary as she is known to be the warrior spirit in India. He highlighted the need for youth to emphasize using Indian or local products and a straight no to drugs.
Addressing the crowd he said, “From the sages, and saints of our country to the common man, everyone has always kept youth power paramount. Sri Aurobindo believed that if India wanted to achieve its goals, the youth of India would have to move forward with independent thinking. Swami Vivekananda used to say that India’s hopes rest on the character and commitment of her youth.”
PM praises the enthusiasm in the youth for their potential to create history and encourages them to engage in activities to be remembered by the next generations. “The youth have calibre to create history, do such work that the generation of that time in the next century will remember you,” he said.
Reminding of the caliber in Yuvashakti, PM Modi highlights achievements, he said, “I am confident that your strength and your spirit of service will take the country and society to new heights. Your efforts, your hard work will hoist the flag of the power of young India all over the world. I request you to start using products that are locally manufactured, start promoting them and stand for made in India products. Together, we can build our country to be the manufacturing hub of the world.”
He mentioned India being among the top three startup ecosystems and urged the youth to build India to be the manufacturing hub in the world.
Enlightening the crowd over the most awaited day in history, Jan 22, PM urged the citizens to step out and clean the pilgrimage and temples across the country on the occasion of ‘Pran Pratishtha’ day of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya.
“I will reiterate my request to the countrymen to run cleanliness campaigns in all the temples and pilgrimage areas of the country and donate their labour on occasion of the auspicious consecration of life in the Ram temple,” he said.
He then expressed his achievement over the response to ‘Mera Yuva Bharat Sangathan’, he said, “I am also very excited by the speed with which youth in every corner of the country are joining ‘Mera Yuva Bharat Sangathan’. This is the first Youth Day after the establishment of My Youth India Organization. Even 75 days have not been completed in this organization and around 1.10 crore youth have registered their names in it.”
Ahead of addressing the assembly, PM Modi paid floral tribute to one of India’s greatest philosophers and spiritual leaders Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary.
In his schedule PM will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 30,500 crore rupees. The projects include inauguration of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewari – Nhava Sheva Atal Setu in Mumbai to improve ease of mobility by strengthening urban transport infrastructure. Built at a cost of Rs 17,840 crore rupees, Atal Setu is the longest sea bridge in the country.