New Delhi, Oct 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that India now does not remain silent after terror attacks but hits back using surgical and air strikes.
Addressing the NDTV World Summit here, he said there are several roadblocks and speed breakers but India remains “unstoppable”.
“India no more remains silent after terror attacks but gives befitting reply through air strikes, surgical strikes and Operation Sindoor,” he said.
“When wars became headlines globally, India proved naysayers wrong by continuing to march ahead as fastest growing economy,” added Modi.
Noting that India is not in a “mood to stop”, he said as the world today faces various roadblocks and speed breakers, it is only natural to talk about an unstoppable India.
“We will neither pause nor slow down. 140 crore Indians will move forward together with full momentum.
“Today, India has moved from being among the fragile five to becoming one of the world’s top five economies…from chips to ships, India is self-reliant and filled with confidence in every sphere,” he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also asserted that while earlier governments carried out reforms as compulsion his dispensation does it with conviction and has turned every risk into reform.
“Earlier governments carried out reforms as compulsion, we now do it with conviction. Age of unknown can be uncertain thing for world but it is opportunity for India as it has always turned risks into reforms
“… We have turned every reform into resilience and every resilience into a revolution,” he told the gathering.
The prime minister underlined that India now does not remain silent after terror attacks but hits back at using surgical and air strikes.
“India no more remains silent after terror attacks but gives befitting reply through air strikes, surgical strikes and Operation Sindoor,” he said.
“When wars became headlines globally, India proved naysayers wrong by continuing to march ahead as fastest growing economy,” added Modi.
Asserting that India is not in a “mood to stop”, he said as the world today faces various roadblocks and speed breakers, it is only natural to talk about an unstoppable India.
“We will neither pause nor slow down. 140 crore Indians will move forward together with full momentum.
“Today, India has moved from being among the fragile five to becoming one of the world’s top five economies…from chips to ships, India is self-reliant and filled with confidence in every sphere,” he said.
Noting that nationalisation of banks during Congress rule led to creation of “mountain of non-performing assets for banks”, Modi said that democratisation of financial and other institutions is key driver behind unstoppable India.
“People are India’s biggest strength and they can excel when there is no pressure or intervention from government.
“India has proved everyone wrong on digital financial infrastructure. World sees India as reliable, responsible, resilient partner and land of opportunities,” he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also conveyed to his Sri Lankan counterpart Harini Amarasuriya India’s commitment to work together in the shared development journey of the two countries as both the leaders held talks to boost overall bilateral ties.
Amarasuriya is on a three-day visit to India beginning Thursday, in her first trip to the country India after assuming charge of the top office.
“Our discussions covered a broad range of areas, including education, women’s empowerment, innovation, development cooperation and welfare of our fishermen,” Modi said on X.
“As close neighbours, our cooperation holds immense importance for the prosperity of our two peoples as well as the shared region,” he said.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Modi conveyed that Amarasuriya’s visit would impart fresh momentum to the “historic and multi-faceted India-Sri Lanka ties”.
It said the two leaders discussed measures to strengthen cooperation in a number of areas, including education, technology, innovation development cooperation and welfare of Indian fishermen.
Highlighting the special ties between India and Sri Lanka, Modi reaffirmed India’s commitment to work together in the shared development journey of the two countries, it said.
Modi also recalled his State visit to Sri Lanka in April during which he held fruitful discussions with President Anura Kumara Disanayaka.
Modi conveyed his warm wishes to President Disanayaka, and said that he looked forward to their continued engagements, according to the MEA.
