Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday delivered a keynote address at the India Today Conclave 2024. While addressing the gathering in New Delhi, PM Modi spoke about range of hotbed issues and his plans to take the country forward.
The Prime Minister also congratulated citizens of the country for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, dates of which were announced by the Election Commission earlier in the day.
Top quotes from PM Modi’s keynote address:
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his address by responding to India Today Group Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie’s remarks that the PM was busy preparing for 2029 Lok Sabha elections. However, PM Modi said he was preparing for elections in 2047.
“Aroon ji, put your entire team to find out what is Modi. Let them figure out. You got stuck on 2029, I am preparing for 2024,” the Prime Minister said amid thunderous cheer from the audience.
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“Whenever I go to a conclave like this, you expect me to give headlines, but I am a person who works on deadlines, and not headlines,” the Prime Minister said.
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PM Modi also hailed the significant surge in the number of startups in the country. “Till 10 years ago, there were hardly 100 startups. Now there are 1.25 lakh startups registered. The startup movement in India is not just about numbers, but the fact that they are located in more than 600 districts, which accounts for 90 per cent of the country’s area,” PM Modi said.
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PM Modi also said that since 2014, ministers in his Cabinet visited northeastern states 680 times. “More than my ministers, I have visisted the northeastern states,” he added.
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