Shanghai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the first anniversary of his spectacular victory in the national elections last year with what was a 53-minute address to what he called a "mini India" in Shanghai.
His 5000-strong audience, members of the India community in China, chanted "Modi, Modi" every time the PM delivered a punchline or even just paused.
"I didn't realise that after one year I will be in front of a mini-India away from India," the Prime Minister said, drawing cheers when he also said, "No one would make me PM looking at my bio data... I bow to the millions of Indians whose determination made the impossible possible."
"Bless me," said the PM, "I need your blessings so that I don't make a mistake that causes loss to my country."
PM Modi compared his one year of governance favourably to the previous Congress-led regime, making multiple attacks on the opposition party and also on its leader Rahul Gandhi, when he noted that he had taken no vacations in the last year.
"Earlier there was a sense of negativity attached with India's global perception. In one year, are you not able to hold your head high and look the world eye to eye?" the PM asked to many affirmatives from the audience.
His 5000-strong audience, members of the India community in China, chanted "Modi, Modi" every time the PM delivered a punchline or even just paused.
"I didn't realise that after one year I will be in front of a mini-India away from India," the Prime Minister said, drawing cheers when he also said, "No one would make me PM looking at my bio data... I bow to the millions of Indians whose determination made the impossible possible."
"Bless me," said the PM, "I need your blessings so that I don't make a mistake that causes loss to my country."
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PM Modi compared his one year of governance favourably to the previous Congress-led regime, making multiple attacks on the opposition party and also on its leader Rahul Gandhi, when he noted that he had taken no vacations in the last year.
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"Earlier there was a sense of negativity attached with India's global perception. In one year, are you not able to hold your head high and look the world eye to eye?" the PM asked to many affirmatives from the audience.
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