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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke openly on many issues in his first podcast with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath. When asked about his various tenures as PM in the podcast, PM Modi said that in the first term people were trying to understand me and I was trying to understand Delhi. In the second term, I used to think from the perspective of the past.
All problems should be solved by 2047
PM Modi said that my thinking has changed in the third term. My morale is high. I want a solution to all the problems by 2047 for a developed India. There should be 100% delivery of government schemes. This is real social justice and secularism. The driving force behind this is – AI- ‘Aspirational India’.
I am not a person who cries on setbacks
In the podcast, PM Modi said that I am not afraid of infamy. I am not a person who cries on setbacks. If I got the responsibility of becoming the Prime Minister, then I am fulfilling it. In politics, one has to take risks every moment. I need a person who takes risks. I will support the youth who take risks. PM Modi said that people should not enter politics with the desire to gain something. People who give respect to politics should come forward. I come from a normal family. If I had become a primary school teacher, my mother would have been happy. When I became the Chief Minister, I was surprised. I never thought that I would become the Prime Minister.
What did he say on the question of abusing himself
PM Modi said a big thing about the criticism from the opposition leaders. PM Modi said that I am an Ahmedabadi…you are abusing me, aren’t you taking anything with you?
Why did he call his childhood friends to the CM House
PM Modi said that I am the same person who left the village years ago, there has been no change in me. In a podcast with Nikhil Kamath, PM Narendra Modi told what happened when he called his childhood friends to the CM House after becoming the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
What did PM Modi say on stress and anxiety
PM Modi also spoke openly on questions related to stress and anxiety. PM Modi told how he handled himself.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke openly on Godhra riots, know what he said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke openly on the Godhra riots that took place in Gujarat in February 2002. PM Modi said that it had not been even three days since I became an MLA that riots broke out in Godhra. As soon as I got the news of the riots, I decided to go to Godhra. I saw the truth of Godhra with my own eyes. The pictures of Godhra were very painful. I was told that the train was on fire.
Went to the hospital to meet the injured
PM Modi said that bomb blasts took place at five places in Godhra. You can imagine what the situation would have been. I told my security people that I want to go to the police control room. On this, the security people refused to go there citing security reasons. I said whatever happens, I will go there. I came and sat in the car. I said I will go to the hospital first. The security people said that blasts are happening everywhere. Despite this, I went to the hospital to see the injured, fulfilling my responsibility.
Narendra Modi was in the assembly during the riots
PM Modi said that I had a sense of responsibility. I became an MLA for the first time on 24 February 2002. I went to the assembly for the first time on 27 February. It had not been even three days since I became an MLA that suddenly the Godhra incident happened. I was in the assembly at that time. As soon as I came out, I said that I want to go to Godhra. I said that first we will go to Vadodara and take a helicopter from there. I was told that there is no helicopter. I said that let’s see if I can find someone’s. I got a single engine helicopter. I was told that the helicopter cannot carry a VIP. I argued with them that I am not a VIP. I am a common man. I give it in writing that if something happens then it will be my responsibility. After this we reached Godhra.
The pictures were very painful
I was very worried. When I went to Godhra, I saw that the pictures there were very painful. I am also a human being. I also experienced everything that happens inside a human being. I did whatever I could at that time.
