Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the Tripura election result as historic and attributed the BJP’s victory in the northeastern States to “youth and women power”.
He was speaking after inaugurating a convention titled ‘Youth power — A vision for New India’, organised by the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Mutt in Tumakuru as part of its silver jubilee celebrations, via videoconference on Sunday.
“The fortress of the Left was impenetrable. But today, we have conquered the Left bastion, thanks to youth power, women power and the tribals of that region,” he said. He said the people of Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya had totally rejected the Congress, “voting against corruption, insecurity and disharmony” and electing the BJP to build a “new India”.
“We can see in the present generation of youngsters the same willpower that was present in the youth during the time of the freedom struggle. That amazing willpower came to the fore during the elections in the three northeastern States, and it can be experienced in the stadium (where the youth convention was held) of Karnataka.”
The Prime Minister started his speech by offering his “pranam” to the 110-year-old seer of Siddaganga mutt, Shivakumara Swami.
Mr. Modi also used the platform to speak about the various youth welfare programmes of the Union government, including government-e-market, and the establishment of skill centres across India. The Prime Minister began his speech by addressing the gathering in Kannada. He spoke in Hindi, which a majority of the students failed to understand.
