Gujarat Chief Minister
Narendra Modi on Wednesday pitched the state's
model of growth and governance. Modi said that vote bank politics has
spoilt the country and emphasised the need for good governance to make
India globally competitive.
According to Modi all three major
sectors of the economy viz., agriculture, industry and services should
be given equal importance for development. This, he said, helps in
overall development.
Here is a look at ten choicest punch-lines from his speech:
Mouse charmers:
The youth of the nation has its finger on the mouse
of computers and is changing the world. India's journey has gone from
snake charmers to mouse charmers! Ignoring protests
outside, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today used a college
platform to project himself nationally saying his focus was on
development politics and not that of vote-bank, which he said has
"ruined" the nation.
"The ambassador of a nation asked me what major challenges India
faces and I said the biggest one is that how we use opportunity. When
asked what the opportunity was, I said the youth. Europe buddha ho chuka
hai, China budha ho chuka hai." According to Modi India has a huge growth opportunity in the form of youth.
"Our
country is not poor. We have vast resources, see eastern India is full
of them. But we are unable to use that. We are unable to utilise the
opportunity," Modi said.
"We need P2G2. Pro-People Good governance": Pitching for the role of 'good governance', Modi said that
the people of the country have sunk into an overwhelming state of pessimism.
"Even after six decades of freedom, the nation awaits good governance," Modi said.
Speaking in Hindi on 'Emerging business models in the global scenario',
Modi said the nation can progress by following 'Gujarat model' based on
P2G2 (Pro-people good governance) principle.
"I believe that the glass is full. One half with water and the other
half with air." There is despondency all over country but I am confident
we can change the situation. Picking up a glass of water,
he said an optimist would say the glass is half full, while a pessimist
would say it is half empty.
"I have a third point of view.
For me the glass is always full -- half with water and half with air. We
can turn over the situation," he said.
There must be no one in the audience who has chai without doodh from
Gujarat in it. All the milk in Delhi is from Gujarat. Milk in Singapore
is from Gujarat, Okra in Europe is from Gujarat. Stating that the state's agricultural sector has exhibited growth, Modi said,
"If you go to Afghanistan, the people there have tomatoes that come from Gujarat."
Further talking about the development of the state, Modi said that the
milk in Singapore and the 'bhindi' in Europe come from Gujarat.
Minimum government, maximum governance - this is my philosophy. "This
nation is being ruined by vote bank politics. This nation requires
development politics. If we switch to politics of development, we will
soon be in a position to bring about lasting change and progress," Modi said.
"People
feel nothing would change here. All are thieves, everything they do is
waste. People consider it a curse to be born in India. They want to
leave the country soon after completing their studies," Modi said delivering the Shri Ram Memorial Oration.
A businessman who goes abroad only captures dollars but a teacher influences a whole generation, said Modi while emphasising the need for education and promoting teaching as a vocation.
"We have created a university for teachers. I say we have so much youth and export so much, why not export teachers?"
Citing Gujarat's mantra of success that can be emulated by the country
for speedy progress, he said the focus should be on the manufacturing
sector by making zero-defect products with good packaging.
"Why shouldn't we make the 'Made in India' tag a statement of quality for our manufactured products?," he questioned.
Modi
said there is a need to build the 'Made in India' brand. He drew a
parallel between the credibility of a 'Made in Japan' tag and expressed
the wish to have India reach such a level some day.
"The
whole world says 21st century is India's century. Some say it is Asia's
century, while some also say it is China's century. I am confident that
21st century can be India's century as knowledge is supreme," he said.
Some years ago I launched a product which is now a part of Delhi. I
launched a coach of the Delhi Metro! In Delhi all the metro coaches are
coming from Gujarat. Touting the recent 'Vibrant Gujarat
Summit' which accepted the global relevance of Gujarat with the presence
of 121 nations there, Modi said, "When the world sees this, they infuse
confidence that we can do."
Youth 'new-age power', not 'new-age voter' alone. Youth have changed the
way India is perceived today. Modi stressed the role of youth in the
development of the nation.
In Pic: Chief minister of Gujarat
Narendra Modi delivers the annual 'Shri Ram Memorial Oration' as part of
Shri Ram College of Commerce's Management Festival 'Business Conclave
2013' in New Delhi on Wednesday.
He just said that the BJP poster-boy emerged as quite a favourite of the students.
