After Ram, time to focus on ‘Rashtra’, says PM Modi
Our goal is to make India a developed nation by 2047 and if the goal is big then all means must be gathered for it, says PM
Building a developed India is also not possible without the rapid development of UP. For this we need to work hard from the fields to the barns. Every power has to be awakened -- from knowledge, science, industry and enterprise. Today’s event is another step in this direction - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Bulandshahr: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that he had attended the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya this week but now was the time to focus on ‘Rashtra’ (nation).
Addressing a rally in Bulandshahr, he said, “In Ayodhya, I had said in the presence of Ram Lalla that the work of Pran Pratishtha has been completed and now is the time to give new heights to the prestige of the nation. We have to further pave the path from God to the country and from Ram to the nation.
“Our goal is to make India a developed nation by 2047 and if the goal is big then all means must be gathered for it. Everyone has to make efforts together. Building a developed India is also not possible without the rapid development of UP. For this we need to work hard from the fields to the barns. Every power has to be awakened -- from knowledge, science, industry and enterprise. Today’s event is another step in this direction.”
He said that there could be no bigger blessing in his life than the love and trust of the people.
“I am overwhelmed with your love. This is the busiest time for mothers and sisters but they have left everything to come here and give me blessings. This region has given the country a son like Kalyan Singh, who dedicated his life to both the cause of Ram and the cause of the nation. Wherever he is today, he would be very happy to see Ayodhya Dham. It is our good fortune that the country has fulfilled the dream of Kalyan Singh and many people like him, but the dream of building a strong nation and ensuring true social justice is yet to be fulfilled,” he added.
The Prime Minister launched a veiled attack on the opposition parties and said, “Earlier attention was not given to UP. For a long time in the decades after independence, development in India was limited to only a few areas, a large part of the country remained deprived of development. Uttar Pradesh remained neglected. This happened because for a long time, those running the government here behaved like rulers; keeping the people in poverty and creating division in the society seemed to them the easiest means of gaining power.”
