Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech on Monday stressed on good governance and sought people’s support for that.
In his Independence Day address to the nation from the historic Red Fort here, the Prime Minister said India needed to convert “swaraj” (independence) to “surajya” (good governance).
Modi said the way gaining independence required sacrifice, achieving good governance also requires sacrifice and discipline.
Modi also hit out at Pakistan for “glorifying” terrorists and wondered what kind of a country it was that drew inspiration from terror, an apparent reference to the eulogising of slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
In his address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 70th Independence Day, Modi talked about situation in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), Gilgit and Baluchistan and said people from there have thanked him for raising their issues.
Referring to Peshawar school attack in which more than 140 people, most of them children, were killed, the Prime Minister said India’s Parliament and the country’s schools and children had felt the pain as the country has strong foundation of humanity.
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