75th Independence Day live | PM Modi addresses the nation
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‘Nation First, Always First’ is the theme of India’s 75th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation.
All the Olympians who won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Games have been sent special invites for the event.
Here are the live updates:
8:13am
PM Modi says that we have to make plans for the next 25 years to scale new heights of prosperity, where facilities do not divide cities and villages, where government need not intervene in the ordinary lives of citizens. “Resolutions are incomplete without hard work, therefore we must combine resolve and valour,” he adds.
8:10am
Mr. Modi says that for every country there comes a time when it has to decide what direction it has to take, and for India, the time is now. He says, “Only celebrations cannot be the point of 75years of independence.”
8:09am
PM Modi continues, “India’s low infection rate is good but not a reason for self congratulation. Our facilities compared to other countries are few, our population is larger than others. Collective efforts notwithstanding we could not save many, children were left orphaned. This unbearable pain will be forever with us.”
COVID-19 | 8:05am
PM Modi says that in the last 75 years the country has worked hard and with speed and the result of which is that our scientists and entrepreneurs assured us of our own vaccines to fight COVID-19. “We took so many years to get the Polio vaccine, and without our indigenous vaccines we would have had to wait for vaccines against COVID-19, and as a result we are running the biggest vaccination programme.”
Mr. Modi further says that we have vaccinated 52 crore Indians and the CoWin portal has made the whole process seamless and easy.
Partition | 8:00am
Mr Modi calls partition of 1947 as one of the biggest horrors of the last century. “We celebrate independence but the pain of partition still pierced our heart,” he says.
7:50 am
Mr. Modi says, “Our nurses, paramedical staff, sanitation workers, those who helped develop the vaccines, all those who served the country every minute through the COVID-19 pandemic, they too are in our hearts..”
He also mentions Tokyo Olympic athletes present at the Red Fort and says, “The Athletes have not just won medals but are an inspiration to a generation.”
7:45 am
Narendra Modi begins his speech by paying homage to all the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for India’s independence.
“Whether it was Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi or Chittoor Chennamma , Rani Gaindilu, whether our first PM Jawaharlal Nehru, or Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, or the framer of our constitution Dr B.R. Ambedkar, India is remembering all of them
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