Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2023 today and said the “2024 general election results will be beyond barriers”. PM Modi was delivering the closing address of the 21st Hindustan Times Leadership Summit under the theme “Breaking Barriers” in New Delhi.
He recalled the theme of this Hindustan Times Summit in 2014, ‘Reshaping India’. He said that the group had hindsight that monumental changes are around the corner and India will be reshaped.
In his 40-minute long address, PM Modi also recalled that the theme of ‘Conversations for a Better Tomorrow’ was given when the present government was reinstated in 2019 after winning with an even bigger majority.
Now in 2023 when the general elections are around the corner, PM Modi highlighted the theme of the Summit, ‘Breaking Barriers’ and the underlying message being put across that the present government will break all records and come out victorious in the upcoming general elections. “2024 General Election results will be beyond barriers”, he remarked.
Prime Minister said India’s journey from ‘Reshaping India’ to ‘Beyond Barriers’ has laid the foundation of the country’s upcoming bright future.
“A developed, grand and rich India will be built on this very foundation. The long period of servitude and attacks had tied the country into many bondages. The tide that arose during that time of the Indian Independence movement along with the passion and sense of togetherness amongst the masses broke many such barriers,” he said.
He said that it was expected that the same momentum will continue after Independence.
“Unfortunately, that did not happen, he said. Our country could not grow as per its potential,” he said while pointing out that the mental barrier was one of the many problems, while some of the problems faced by independent India were real, others were perceived and the rest were exaggerated.
Prime Minister Modi expressed relief that after 2014, India is working hard continuously to break these barriers. “We have crossed many hurdles and now we are talking about going beyond barriers.
“Today, India has reached that part of the moon where nobody has landed before. Today, Bharat has become number 1 in digital transactions after breaking every barrier. It is leading in mobile manufacturing, standing strong among the top 3 countries in the world in startups and making a pool of skilled people”, he said.
General elections will be held in April and May next year as PM Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will be seeking a third term in office. Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc, a grouping of more than 25 Opposition parties, has wowed to fight against the NDA and PM Modi “as far as possible”.