PM Modi: BJP’s win in Haryana strengthens people’s mandate for stability

Describing the need for stability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (October 21) said the BJP's win in Haryana has added to the “expression of stability” after his government’s earlier victory in general elections.

"In six decades for the first time, people have given a mandate to a government for three consecutive terms,” the prime minister said at the NDTV World Summit in New Delhi.

“This is a message of stability,” he said. “In the recent Haryana election also, people strengthened this expression of stability.”

People’s stamp for stability

His reference was to the BJP's unexpected victory in the Haryana Assembly elections earlier this month.

He said the current times were the most important in human history.

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“There is a need for stability, sustainability and solutions. They are most important for a better future for humanity and India is striving for them," Modi said.

India and industrial revolution

"India had been a force of global growth in history but India saw slavery and was not able to take advantage of industrial revolutions. Now, this is the time of Industry 4.0,” he said.

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“We are not enslaved anymore and are ready for it. The country is working on building the skill-set and infrastructure needed for Industry 4.0.”

He said India was a developing country but also a rising power.

Poverty and progress

"We understand the challenges of poverty and also know how to make way for progress. Our government is fast making policies, taking decisions and undertaking new reforms," he said.

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India was giving hope to a world engulfed in various concerns, and is working on an unprecedented scale and speed in every field, Modi said.

He said several agencies have revised India's growth forecast due to the speed of work in his government's third term.

A new thinking

"The change in the thinking and approach of India would be noticed by you. Now we do not want to compare times gone by and rest on our achievements, we are concerned about our target with a new approach.”

"Today India is one of the youngest countries in the world. The potential of this young country can take us to the heights of the sky," he said.

Aspirational India

Modi said the world's present and future was connected to Artificial Intelligence and India has the "power of double AI advantage".

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"For the world AI means Artificial Intelligence, we have that, but along with that we also have aspirational India. When the power of aspirational India and artificial intelligence combines then it is natural for development to take place at a fast pace," he said.

India, the prime minister said, was increasing use of AI in every sector.