Narendra Modi bats for e-commerce, says traders shouldn't be afraid of technology

New Delhi: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi addressed the traders association at the Siri Fort Auditorium in Delhi today.

Here are the highlights:

• The fashion of running the country from Delhi should be stopped.
• BJP is pro-traders
• Our foreign ministry works the old way
• Today, the working of a foreign ministry has changed
• One of main focus is trade and commerce but the officers are still trained the old way
• When we come to power, our first work will be to fill up the potholes left by the previous government
• If books are available online why will anyone go to a shop?
• Government should not talk curbing the net
• It should work to increase traders capability through the Internet
  
• We have to accept modern technology
• We can create virtual malls in small spaces by using modern technology
• The world doesn't know what we have. We shouldn't be afraid of global challenges being faced by trading sector
• Let us take these challenges in trade as opportunities. If they go 10 steps ahead let's go 15
  
• One Indian state has more businessmen than entire Europe. We can conquer the world.
• A person who can't take risks can never be a businessman
• Traders have more risk taking capacity than a soldier