‘Mann ki Baat’: Modi greets nation on Ramzan

Simran Sodhi

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 28

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday began his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio programme by reaching out to the nation and greeting people on the beginning of the holy month of Ramzan. 

The prime minister said this is a country with people from all religions and communities.

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“It has people who believe in God and those who don’t. People from all walks of life live here harmoniously,” Modi said as he reached out to people across the country.

Modi remembered Veer Savarkar on his ‘jayanti’ and recalled fondly his visit to the Andaman Islands where he visited the Cellular jail where so many of India’s freedom fighters had been lodged.

He expressed his happiness over the fact that today’s youth is taking an interest in learning about the freedom struggle of the country.

The prime minister said that 5th June is observed as World Environment Day.  

“This year the UN have chosen ‘Connecting People to Nature’ theme’,” he said and urged people to plant saplings in the coming monsoon season.

Referring to 21 June which is now celebrated as World Yoga Day, the PM said that yoga is India’s gift to the world and it is now connecting the world also. 

“ I got a very interesting suggestion, since its 3rd International Yoga Day on June 21, why not three generations of a family come together and practice yoga,” Modi said and asked people to share their experience on his Narendra Modi app.

”Swachhata has become a mass movement today. It has generated a spirit of competitiveness between the cities. Media too has played a vital role in furthering the message of cleanliness,” he said.

He said that the government soon plans to install blue and green coloured waste baskets around the country so that liquid and solid waste can be discarded separately.

Modi said that he is happy to see people evaluating the work of the government as it completes three years. He welcomed constructive criticism and said it strengthens our democracy.