India ended 3 decades of political instability with press of button: PM Modi | India News

NEW DELHI: India ended political instability of the last three decades with the press of a button, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday while interacting with the Indian community in Germany’s Berlin.
Speaking to a large gathering of Indians at the Potsdamer Platz, the Prime Minister said that he is in the German capital to neither talk about himself nor the Modi government.
“I want to talk to you about the capabilities of crores of Indians and sing their praises. When I speak about crores of Indians, it includes not only the people who live there but also those who live here,” he said.
The Prime Minister said his words include all the children of “Maa Bharati” who live in every corner of the world.

“The people of India ended the politically unstable atmosphere of the last three decades by pressing a button. After 30 years, a full majority government was elected in 2014 and the people of India made the government stronger in 2019,” he said.
He said that aspiration for positive change and quick development were the reasons why the people chose to elect his government to power.
In a veiled dig at the erstwhile Congress governments, the Prime Minister compared the period before 2014 to the last eight years of his government.
“Before 2014, wherever you used to see, everything would be a work in progress … to end this, we’ve made PM Gati Shakti master plan to bring all stakeholders to one platform,” he said.

The Prime Minister said that his government does not believe in chaining down innovators but wants to push them forward by pumping vigour in them.
“If you want to innovate in geospatial area, or build new kinds of drones or rockets or satellites – today India offers the most open and nurturing environment for this,” he said.
Praising the growing spirit of entrepreneurship in the country, PM Modi said that India had 200-400 start-ups in 2014 and that number has now gone up to around 68,000.
The Prime Minister said that several dozens of these startups in India have now become “unicorns”, adding that most of these unicorns are turning “decacorns”. “It means they are crossing the level of $10 billion [in valuation],” he said.
The Prime Minister spoke about the growth of technology in the recent years, saying that its inclusion in governance shows new political will of a “new India” and is proof of the democracy’s ability to deliver.
Ahead of PM Modi’s address, members of the Indian community raised ‘2024: Modi once more’ slogan as they waited for the event.
Earlier in the day, PM Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz co-chaired the 6th India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations.
The Prime Minister is on a three-day visit to Europe. He reached Germany earlier in the day on the first leg of his tour.
(With inputs from agencies)