“Democracy is our strength and we will have to always make our democratic fabric stronger”, Modi said.
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Speaking on his monthly radio address “Mann Ki Baat”, PM Modi said, “Today we are proud of our democracy”. Do you remember June 25-26, 1975…it was the darkest night for democracy.
“Basic rights of the people were snatched and the country was turned into a huge jail and all the prominent politicians, including Jai Prakash Narayan, working for the people were put behind the bars”, Modi said.
“Newspapers can be locked up, the radio can speak one language but when people are given a chance, they can show the power of democratic institutions”, he said.
He said no questions would be asked about the source of the undisclosed income or assets if the declaration is made voluntarily by September 30.
“Today, it is not hard to connect tax payers with the government”.
“The matter of pride in the recent launch of the satellites was that 17 oput of the 20 were the sattelites of the foreign countries”.
“Yesterday I was in Pune where I met college students who made one of the satellites that was launched along with others a few days ago”. He assured that there will be no probe against persons those who disclose their income willingly. We must encourage people to comply & we should create an atmosphere of trust – this is what I have told tax officials. “I wish more of our youth become scientists”.
Modi also praised the first batch of India’s women fighter pilots. Expressing satisfaction that the message of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao has reached across the nation, Mr Modi said it is inspiring that all three pilots hailed from small towns. The results of the various examinations, 10th and 12th, show how women are excelling. “When the world connects with us through yoga, it feels that the world is connecting with our past, present and future”, he said.
International Yoga Day was celebrated at over 1 lakh places in our country with enthusiasm. So many people practiced Yoga, all over India and all over the world. He said, Twitter had also come up with a special Yoga emoji, which was widely used along with the Yoga Day hashtag. “Please use #YogaFightsDiabetes to share your own experiences about yoga against diabetes”, he said.
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“Projections of Yoga on @UN building became popular”. “Can’t we run a successful abhiyan to fight diabetes with yoga?” he said.
