Days of ‘hota hai, chalta hai’ over: Modi

Manas Dasgupta

Ahmedabad, September 17

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the entire world was watching India with high expectations and the country could not afford to have ‘hota hai, chalta hai’ (casual) attitude anymore. He stressed the need to bring in a drastic change in the way administrators respond to various situations.

“Many a times, we do see things happening in front of our eyes but our response remains very casual or poor. I believe that a country like India cannot afford such an attitude. Days of ‘hota hai-chalta hai-dekhenge’ are over, as the world is watching us with great expectations,” the Prime Minister said.

Modi, who turned 66 today, celebrated his birthday with Tribals and ‘Divyangs’ (differently-abled people) at Navsari in south Gujarat. Financial aids and assisting devices to over 11,000 Divyangs were distributed to mark Modi’s birthday.

Earlier, Modi sought blessings from his 97-year old mother Hira Ba. Modi had arrived in Ahmedabad late on Friday and spent the night at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. He shunned the usual protocol and took with him a very few security guard to the house of his younger brother Pankaj Modi with whom his mother live.

He reached his brother’s house at 7 am and spent about 25 minutes with his mother exchanging pleasantries. He also twitted on his handle, “mother’s blessings give a new energy to work,” and also posted two intimate pictures with his mother.