A year after his enormous victory in the national election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to a huge crowd of cheering Indians in Shanghai, and reflected on his government's term. "Just a year ago, you would have been eager to know the results of the elections in India," he said, referring to May 16, 2014.
Here are five big quotes from his speech:
It is my misfortune that I am criticized for working hard. If working hard is a crime, I am prepared to commit that crime for 125 crore Indians
I may make a mistake due to lack of experience but, it will never be done with bad intent
I had said I will work hard. Have I let up? I have not taken any vacation and I work day and night with all the might God has given me
Everyone asked (before May 16 last year), "Who knows Modi outside India? Only people in Gujarat know him." Perhaps the criticism was correct, but the doubts have been proved wrong.
No one would have made me a Prime Minister by looking at my bio-data.
