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NaMo Takes a Dig at Indian ‘Secularists’ From Ireland

After Irish students sang sanskrit shlokas for him, Prime Minister Modi took a jibe at ‘secularists’ in India.

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The people of Ireland gave a warm welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrived in Dublin for a brief visit. Modi started his speech to the Indian diaspora by apologising for not being able to spend more time with them.

Students of the John Scottus School sang sanskrit shlokas for him, and the Prime Minister appeared impressed by the presentation.

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Not one to leave out a chance to put people in their place, Modi, in his address, took a dig at Indian ‘secularists’ in front of a packed hall, in a statement that will surely draw a lot of criticism back home.

If this had happened in India, some people would have questioned the secularism.
— Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

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Modi also remarked that Independence is a mutual legacy of both the countries and that India and Ireland share common values.

Commenting on the growing status of India on the world stage, the Prime Minister said that ‘I’ is the strongest in BRICS now. He added that the 21st century is the time for Asia’s success and that currently the whole world is talking about India.

When he began his address, Modi remarked:

I have heard that an Indian PM is visiting this country after a long gap of 60 years.
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

And towards the end of his speech he assured the people of Ireland that another 60 years would not pass before an Indian PM visited the Emerald Isle.

(With Inputs from PTI)

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