Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invoked people to stay united in the endeavour of ‘viksit Bharat’ and alerted them against the forces aiming to weaken the country and break its unity.
Addressing a ‘Parakram Diwas’ event held in Cuttack to celebrate Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary in the city of his birth, PM Modi said the iconic freedom fighter’s life is a source of continuous inspiration for people.
He said Netaji, lovingly called Bose, chose to disregard his comfort zone and preferred to fight for the country’s independence.
PM Modi further said, “He never got confined in his comfort zone. Similarly, we all have to break away from our comfort zone to build a viksit Bharat. We have to make ourselves best globally. We have to aspire to excellence and focus on efficiency.”
“Bose was unyieldingly focused on the country’s’swaraj’ (self-rule), and people from diverse backgrounds united for the same cause,” he said. “Now we have to stay united for a developed India,” he added.
He said people should take inspiration from Bose’s life for India’s unity. “We have to stay alert to those who wanted to alleviate the nation and shatrer its unity,” he said.
The prime minister mentioned several decisions, including the renaming of islands in the Andamans after Bose, the installation of his statue at India Gate, and observing his birth anniversary as ‘Parakram Diwas’, taken by his government to emphasise its work to empower his legacy. Bose took pride in India’s heritage, he said.
The fast rate of development goes side by side with people’s progress, bolstering of the armed forces, and overall development.
While over 25 crore people have been drawn out of poverty, modern infrastructure is also being built, and the strengthening of armed forces has amplified in remarkable manner in the last decade, he said. India has emerged as a strong voice globally, he added.
