PM greets nation on Ramazan

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 Ramazan.

The Prime Minister said this was a country with people from all religions and communities. “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 many freedom fighters had been lodged.

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

“June 5 is observed as World Environment Day. This year, the United Nations has chosen ‘Connecting People to Nature’ theme,” he said, urging people to plant saplings during monsoon.

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

“I have got a very interesting suggestion. Since its 3rd International Yoga Day on June 21, why not three generations of a family come together and practise yoga,” Modi said, asking 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 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.

The Prime Minister said he was happy to see people evaluating the work of the government as it completed three years. He welcomed constructive criticism and said it strengthened the democracy.

Coloured baskets for waste management soon  

• PM Narendra Modi said soon blue and green-coloured waste baskets would be installed across the country so that liquid and solid waste can be discarded separately
• Urging people to plant saplings during monsoon, he said: “June 5 is observed as World Environment Day. This year, the UN has chosen ‘Connecting People to Nature’ theme”
• “Swachhata has become a mass movement today,” he said