On 15th of August, 2018, India celebrated its 72nd Independence Day and on this auspicious occasion PM Modi was like an icing on the cake with his power packed speech delivered from the historic Red Fort. He made a brilliant start by briefly summing up the achievements and concluded with his listing the future projects. He very cleverly stated his visions for the 2019 elections in his speech.
Some highlights from Modi’s speech includes his mentioning of:
- Growth of the Indian economy in his tenure
- Successful sessions of RS and LS
- Brave Indian Soldiers
- Recent floods
- ‘Beej Se Bazaar Tak’ approach for farmers
- Women empowerment and rapes
- Government schemes and policies, especially mentioning about the Ujjwala, Saubhagya Yojana and Swachh Bharat Mission
- GST’s attainment
- Better relations with Kashmir
- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan– to be launched on 25 September,18
- Subramania Bharati vision of India
- Space mission
- Jallianwala Bagh masscare’s 100th anniversary
