‘I-Day now turning into social festival’
5 cr selfies posted on website
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Aug 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made a special mention of tiranga rallies taken out at Chenab Railway bridge, the tallest bridge in the world, in Reasi district of Jammu region and Dal lake in Srinagar saying whoever viewed these pictures, their hearts swooned with delight.
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Tiranga rallies at the Chenab Railway bridge and Dal lake were taken out ahead of Independence Day celebrations. Such rallies were, in fact, taken out in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir before August 15. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had also participated in one of the biggest rallies in Srinagar.
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Addressing monthly Radio Programme `Mann Ki Baat’, which is aired on last Sunday of the month, Modi said the campaign ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ and ‘Poora Desh Tiranga’ attained its full height ahead of Independence Day celebrations and amazing pictures connected with campaign from all over the country have come to the fore.
“We saw the tricolour fluttering atop houses, schools, colleges and universities. Some people had the tricolours adorn on their shops, offices, on their Desktops, mobiles and vehicles. When people join hands to express a sentiment, it thus lends unparalled glory to any campaign,” he said.
The Prime Minister said a tiranga rally bearing a 750 metres long flag was organized on Chenab Railway bridge, the tallest in the world, in Reasi district of Jammu region.
“Whoever viewed these pictures, their hearts swooned with delight,” he said.
Trial of the train has been successfully conducted over Chenab Railway bridge. The trial run has been successful from Reasi to Sangaldan while train from Sangaldan to Baramulla is already operational. Kashmir is likely to be connected by train with rest of the country by the end of this year after track between Katra to Reasi is made operational.
The Prime Minister also mentioned the tiranga yatra taken out on the picturesque Dal lake in Srinagar.
“We all saw captivating pictures of the tiranga yatra on Dal lake in Srinagar. A yatra with a 600 feet long tiranga was also carried out in East Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh. On similar lines, on other States of the country as well, people of all ages participated in tiranga yatras. You too must have experienced that Independence Day now is turning into a social festival. People festoon their homes with tricolour strands. Women connected with Self Help Groups craft lakhs of flags,” Modi said.
On economic platforms, he said, items coloured in the hues of the tricolour witness a surge in sales. On the occasion of Independence Day, all three colour of our flag were visible in every nook & corner across the country—on land, sea and air.
“On the website of Har Ghar Tiranga, more than five crore selfies were posted. This campaign wove the entire country into a thread of togetherness and this exactly is what `Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat’ is,” Modi said.
PTI adds: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said collective efforts will help the youth sans a political background to rise in politics and asserted that the spirit shown by such people during the freedom struggle is required again to attain the goal of ‘Viksit Bharat’.
In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi said his Independence Day call for one lakh youth without any political background to join politics has evoked wide reactions with some youth stating that dynastic politics crushes new talent.
“This year from Red Fort, I have urged one lakh youth who are not from a political background to connect with the political system. This point of mine has garnered tremendous response.We thus come to know that a large number of our youth are eagerly ready to enter politics,” Modi said.
All they are looking for is the right opportunity and apt guidance, he added.
“I have also received letters from youth across the country on this subject. Enormous response is being received on social media as well. People have sent me many kinds of suggestions. Some youth have written in their letters that it is truly inconceivable for them. On account of the absence of a political legacy on part of their grandfather or parents they could not enter politics despite wanting to,” the prime minister said.
Some youth have written that they possess a good experience of working at the ground level and hence they can be helpful in solving people’s problems, he said.
“Some youth have also written that dynastic politics crushes new talent. Some youth have mentioned that such efforts will lend more strength to our democracy. I thank each and everyone for sending in suggestions on the subject,” Modi said.
He hoped that with collective efforts, youth who do not possess a political background, will also be able to come forward in politics.
Their experience and their fervour will prove useful for the country, Modi said.
“Even during the freedom struggle, many such people had come forward, who did not have any political background. They took the plunge for the sake of India’s freedom. Once more, we require the same spirit to attain the goal of Viksit Bharat,” he said.
He urged the youth to positively join this campaign.
“This step of yours will be transformative in terms of your future and the country’s future,” Modi said.
During the programme, Modi also spoke to young entrepreneurs, who were IIT-Madras alumni and helming space start-up GalaxEye, as they highlighted their work.
They praised the growing vibrant space ecosystem in the country.
The Prime Minister said the youth of the country has benefited a lot from various reforms in the space sector.
On the occasion, he noted that India celebrated its first National Space Day on August 23 to mark the first anniversary of the successful landing of its spacecraft on the Moon.
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