PM Narendra Modi will address the nation through 35th edition of his radio broadcast programme Mann Ki Baat.
After Friday’s violence in Haryana claimed the lives of at least 36 dera followers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said violence in any form is unacceptable and the guilty will not be spared.
“India is the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Buddha. Violence is not acceptable in the nation, in any form. Those who take the law in their hands or take to violence will not be spared, whoever they are,” PM Modi said.
Mann ki Baat live updates:
11.35 am: This Teacher’s Day, let us resolve that we would teach to transform, educate to empower and learn to lead: PM Modi.
11.30 am: PM Modi asks listeners to share their good wishes to the all-women Indian Navy crew which will set sail across the world on INSV Tarini.
Was very proud to meet the team that is sailing across the world on INSV Tarini. Share your good wishes to them on the NM App: PM
11.25 am:
PM @narendramodi greets sports enthusiasts on National Sports Day and calls for increased participation in sporting activities. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/6xjsYdZttf
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 27, 2017
11.20 am: Volunteers of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind cleaned 22 temples and 3 mosques which were affected by flood in Gujarat’s Dhanera: PM Modi.
11.15 am: ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’- let us create a mass movement around this in the run up to Gandhi Jayanti & give renewed focus to cleanliness: PM Modi.
11.10 am: I am happy that festivals like Ganesh Utsav are being celebrated with a concern for the environment: PM Modi.
11.08 am:
India is a land of diversity. Violence in the name of faith will not be tolerated. Whether it is the faith based on community, political ideology, individual or tradition: PM Modi.
#MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/x0J1EBbaQh
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 27, 2017
11.05 am: While talking about festivals, I want to say ‘Micchami Dukkadam’. This is about values of forgiveness and compassion: PM Modi.
11.00 am: India is the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Buddha. Violence is not acceptable in the nation, in any form. Those who take the law in their hands or take to violence will not be spared, whoever they are: PM Modi.
In a Twitter post on August 17, the Prime Minister asked people to share their ideas on his Narendra Modi Mobile App for the radio programme.
On Sunday, the Prime Minister asked the nation to tune in to his address at 11 am on Sunday. “Mann Ki Baat will take place tomorrow at 11 AM. Do tune in,” PM Modi tweeted.
According to reports, PM Modi is likely to touch upon issues related to sports ahead of the National Sports Day on August 29. According to news agency PTI, senior officials at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) were asked to inform resident athletes to tune in to the programme.
PM Modi, who visited Bihar on Saturday to review the flood situation, may also speak about the flood situation in several parts of the country. After his aerial survey of the flood-hit areas of the state along with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday, PM Modi had announced a Rs 500 crore relief package for the victims.
Modi is also expected to speak about the violence that ravaged parts of Punjab and Haryana on Friday after a CBI court in Panchkula convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case. He may also talk about the Supreme Court’s instant Triple Talaq verdict.
