One year of Narendra Modi 2.0 | We will decide our present and future, PM tells nation
The HinduMarking the first anniversary of his second successive full majority government at the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a letter addressed to all Indians, reminded them not only of the bold decisions taken by his government in the last year, but, in a reference to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, exhorted them to “remember that the present and future of 130 crore will never be dictated by an adversity”. “We will decide our present and future,” Mr. Modi said. We have displayed patience so far and we should continue to do so,” he wrote a day before Lockdown 4.0 is to end, adding that it was a “long battle” against COVID-19, but that “victory was our collective resolve.” The Prime Minister also took the opportunity to comment on the spirit behind many of the bold decisions that his government had taken or had to react to. He added that the initiatives announced by his government as part of the ₹20-lakh-crore package will “usher in a new era of opportunities for every Indian, be it our farmers, workers, small entrepreneurs or youth associated with start ups.” He quoted a Sanskrit Shloka that translated to “if we have action and duty on one hand, then success is assured on the other” signing off as “Pradhan Sewak” or “chief servitor”.