India's sex ratio is 1000 boys for 940 girls. Who creates this disparity? It isn't God. Don't fill your coffers by sacrificing the mother's womb. People feel that sons will take care of them when they are old. But I have seen aged parents in old-age homes. I have seen families where one daughter serves parents more than five sons.
Narendra ModiNational security is a serious matter and I do not think it is in proper to discuss such details in a public forum.
Narendra ModiGood roads, good houses, adequate electricity, good schools or good hospitals in the village are indeed, the parameters of progress. However, in my view, 100 percent literate village is the true symbol of real progress.
Narendra ModiThere is a saying in India that the person who should throw a stone first is the person who has not committed any sins. In the world right now, a lot of people want to give advice. But look within them, and they too have sinned in some way. Ultimately, India's view point is that efforts need to be made to sit together and talk, and to resolve problems in an ongoing process.
Narendra ModiSecularism is a term interpreted in many different ways by different people. For me, it has always been something very simple - putting India First
Narendra ModiIt takes Rs. 10 per kms in Ahmedabad by auto- rickshaw, but it took us only Rs. 7 per kms to reach Mars.
Narendra ModiI haven't done anything wrong that I need to make up for. I am what I am in front of the world.
Narendra ModiOur nation is rich and our people can be rich. 2014 elections is a fight against poverty.
Narendra ModiI dream of a Digital India where quality healthcare percolates right up to the remotest regions powered by e-Healthcare.
Narendra ModiIn order to make India prosperous, all sections and regions of the society needed to be prosperous.
Narendra ModiAbout 800 million people in India are below the age of 35 years. Their aspirations, energy, enterprise and skills will be the force for India's economic transformation.
Narendra ModiIt means food on every table, every child in school, a job for everybody and a house with toilet and electricity for every family. This will make India proud. We can achieve this through unity. Unity strengthens us. Division weakens us.
Narendra ModiThe foreign policy is not about changing mindsets. Foreign policy is about finding the common meeting points.
Narendra ModiAtal Bihari Vajpayee ji gave the mantra- Insaniyat, Jamhooriyat, Kashmiriyat. He based Jammu and Kashmir's development on this, and we need to take it ahead.
Narendra ModiA democracy can't succeed without people's participation. 'MyGov' empowers the people of India to contribute towards Surajya.
Narendra ModiNow it's time for India to steer ourselves, ride the waves and decide on our direction, destination and speed.
Narendra ModiIt is every Indian's dream that J&K is happy & there is prosperity. We have to work for this, be it in power or not in power.
Narendra ModiThe BJP is an optimistic party. Our strength and our democratic values are such that even a poor person from a backward section - like me - has been nominated as a Prime Ministerial candidate.
Narendra ModiThrough Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, we want to give impetus to Demand driven development model instead of Supply driven development model. Let the villages say what has to be done, and what not.
Narendra ModiWhatever position we may rise to, be it of MP, CM or PM, nothing can teach us the way villages can.
Narendra ModiBank accounts for each household is a national priority for us. We need to rise to the occasion & successfully overcome this challenge.
Narendra ModiWe must reach out to villages even in scorching heat with temperature upto 44 C. We must ensure that no girl child remains illiterate. I request all the social institutions and the media world to create a joyous environment for education in the month of June (when schools re-open), an environment to encourage children to go to school. We will derive the satisfaction of having done a social good.
Narendra ModiElections should be about making the people a part of the development journey. That is when India will move ahead.
Narendra ModiPeople must understand the Clean Ganga program, as an economic activity also. The Gangetic plains account for 40% of our population. They have over one hundred towns, and thousands of villages.
Narendra ModiWhen we talk about Skill India Mission, we do not merely talk about filling the pockets of people. We want to instil a sense of self-confidence among the poor.
Narendra ModiMy 'Idea of India' calls not just for tolerance, but a celebration of all points of view. Where the sensibilities of every individual are respected
Narendra ModiI too was naughty as a child & played pranks. The child within us has to be kept alive because that child keeps us alive.
Narendra ModiIf we want the world to be a better place to live, we have to treat it as one unit. If we want economic growth to be pervasive, we have to make people its partners. If we want the process of development to be sustainable, we have to work with the environment.
Narendra ModiGovernment systems suffer from two weaknesses. They are complex. And they are slow. We need to change this. Our systems need to be made sharp, effective, fast and flexible. This requires simplification of processes and having trust in citizens. This needs a Policy Driven State.
Narendra ModiWe have to fight terror in one voice, rising above politics. That is when the common people will feel secure.
Narendra ModiFederal system is at the heart of Indian democracy but UPA is adamant to break the nation by breaking the federal structure for their vested interests. It's a conspiracy to grab power through the backdoor.
Narendra ModiAs the Indian economy adds strength to our region and the world, it will also benefit Mongolia.
Narendra ModiIf we blend efficiently democracy, demographic demand & demand, I believe that there will be a Vasco Da Gama on every street who will come searching for India.
Narendra ModiThe amount of respect with which I engage Saudi Arabia, I engage Iran with the same amount of respect. The amount of respect with which I speak to America, I speak to Russia with the same amount of respect.
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