I still recall the excitement & patriotic fervour in Kargil when Tiger Hill was won.
Less land, less time, more crop.
I have toured around for 45 years and have experience of night halt at more than 400 districts. And that's why I know the reality of this earth.
Design in India is as important as Make in India.
The respect that I have got is not for Narendra Modi or the PM of India. It is respect for the people of India.
Our nations are so close yet such a visit took 17 years. This will change & we will strengthen India-Nepal ties.
India wants to help Nepal build highways (H), information highways (I) and transways - transmission lines (T).
A state in India will have more traders than perhaps a European nation. Trade is a great way to integrate people.
Leave at night and you reach Australia next morning. But it took 28 years for an Indian PM to come to Australia!
It used to hurt me in the past years to hear people say they want to leave India. But with the experience of past few months, I can say that we have removed that gloom from the minds of the people.
No one can question the talent of India's youth after the success of the Mars Mission. Everything indigenous!
Let us buy atleast one product of Khadi fabric and help light a lamp of Diwali in the homes of the poor.
Urbanisation is not a crisis but an opportunity, seeing it as a crisis is wrong. And not just villages, we want everyone to get opportunities wherever they are staying. Aatma gaav ki ho aur suvidha sheher ki ho, this is what we believe.
We must together build an economic agenda for the India of our dreams that translates into improved standards of living, increased human well-being and assured social justice.
Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana is not a scheme that can be run by money. This scheme has to run with people's participation under the guidance of the MPs.
Our ancestors had displayed great strengths in space science. What people like Aryabhata had said centuries ago are being recognised by science today. We are a country which had these capabilities. We need to regain them.
Whatever position we may rise to, be it of MP, CM or PM, nothing can teach us the way villages can.
We weren't lucky enough to sacrifice our lives for our country, but at least we can live for our country!
I come from a land where the idea of the whole world being one family is rooted in our ethos 'vasudhaiva kutumbakam'.
I don't look at sports as something which merely tones up the body. I look at it as a tool of education that stimulates the mind and brings in a culture of discipline.
You must think about building a 'granth-mandir' in your village. Why is your village lacking such a 'granth-mandir'? Start with 50 books...100 books.
Many celebrations are set to take place in Swarnim Gujarat. However, if one asks me, "As the Chief Minister, which is your favourite programme?" Then friends, I would like to say that 'Vanche Gujarat' is the closest to my heart.
If the 21st Century is the era of knowledge and of knowledgeable human-force, then, to extol this force, Gujarat must form a strong bond with books.
National festivals should become festivals of development. Republic Day or Independence Day should not be only about unfurling the Tricolour in the state capitals. We have to make them opportunities of Lok Shikshan (Mass Education).
The BJP is an optimistic party. Our strength and our democratic values are such that even a poor person from a backward section - like me - has been nominated as a Prime Ministerial candidate.
