![]() ![]() ![]() He also made some historical errors in his explanation of the freedom struggle, which we can explain away as his usual lyrical flourish. ![]() Perhaps he was speaking for the others who participated, though he did not mention the Congress or its leaders. ![]() In his speech, Modi made much about the freedom struggle though, of course, his Sangh Parivar had abstained from it. Defence minister Rajnath Singh did not salute with the Prime Minister, which I thought was the right gesture. The salute is a military gesture and civilians should abstain from it. Modi unfurled the national flag and saluted, which I didn’t think he should have done. I stopped watching Modi speak a long time ago but thought it was important to hear him on Independence Day. Modi is like that in some ways, though the content is not the same. Certainly, he speaks a lot.Ī former Australian high commissioner to India, Walter Crocker, wrote a biography of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in which he observed that Nehru sometimes spoke three times a day. He is an entertaining speaker for some (not for me, because I like intellectual material, and his style does not appeal to me). I think it was a good speech as his fans have come to expect from him I can say with certainty that it was a long speech. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the usual speech from the Red Fort for Independence Day. ![]()
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