Need to Stand Up Against Mentality of Compromise For Our Future Generations: PM Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at an event commemorating BJP veteran Kedarnath Sahni.

Here are the highlights of his address:
 

• Most people are forgotten after they die.
• Very few people stay among us even after they die
• Kedarnath ji is among us once more
• It could be Kedarnath ji's journey
• But I feel like I was part of his life
• Kedarnath ji used to work at a place, which is now in Pakistan.
• He wanted to join the air force. But life had other plans
• All of you have worked with him somewhere or the other
• Some faces of the Jan Sangh have endured through the ages - Kedarnath ji, Vijay (Kumar Malhotra) ji, Madan Lal Khurana ji
• They were the best examples of how to work in an organisation with colleagues
• Kedarnath ji did not have a tough personality. But during struggles, you could see a different side of him
• During a flood, his work was even praised by officials
• And the second time after the death of Smt Gandhi and the violence that followed - when Sikhs were getting killed, he fearlessly gave Sikh families refuge in his homes and helped them
• Everybody knows what outlook of the regime was then
• The day emergency ended - it was such a win for democracy - the electoral loss of those who brought the emergency
• Kedarnath ji always used to be dressed in spotless clothes
• You could never see a pile of papers on his table
• He always responded to letters with handwritten letters
• Ms Sheila Dikshit has written about her experience with Kedarnath ji that his advice helped her make a crucial decision
• This proves, that in public life, he believed that country is bigger than the party
• He did not think that Sheila ji was from a different party, he thought about the welfare of Delhi
• Like his clothes, his persona too was spotless
• When you live for the country, your life has to be spotless
• But how the values are falling
• There was a time when people were staunchly against corruption
• Then the time of compromise came, people wanted their work done
• Next, corruption was forgotten. People said corruption isn't an issue anymore
• Now we have a time when people are making speeches in favour of corruption
• People usually hide when they are trying to steal
• We have to stand up against this compromise mentality for our future generations
• There may be some people who do not have the strength to fight
• But people who march with flags of evil are dangerous to the society
• The world never forgives those who betray values
• We are all who have been raised with deep respect for ideologies
• We are dedicated to the country
• That's why we can dare to speak about values
• This foundation was laid by great leaders like Kedarnath ji