PM Modi sets tone for ‘next August 15’, counts achievements from Red Fort ahead of 2024 polls. 10 points
Hindustan TimesIn his last Independence Day address before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he will give an account of the country's achievements on next August 15 from the historic Red Fort. Addressing from the ramparts of Red Fort, Modi said corruption has badly affected India's capabilities and the country has to resolve to not tolerate it in any form. During his nearly 90-minute-long address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also decried corruption, nepotism and appeasement as the three evils that have harmed the country immensely and said it is a collective responsibility to promote "suchita, pardarshita, nishpakshta " to make India developed. Modi said the world is grappling with high inflation, and when India imports goods, it also imports inflation.