Narendra Modi Speech @ Trichy Part -- I -- Red Pix

Описание: Narendra Modi Speech @ Trichy Part -- I -- Red Pix
BJP leader Narendra Modi said he had come to Tamil Nadu some 14 years ago, but Thursday's gathering at G-Corner in Trichy was the largest ever he had seen in his whole political career. He said he was seeing a 'parivartan" (change) that could catch on with the rest of the youth in the country, finally leading to a change in the government, he said.

His speech was peppered with references to the connections that existed between the people of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. What is Sowcarpet for Gujaratis in Chennai, Maninagar is for Tamilians in Ahmedabad, said Modi. "In fact, I must tell you that I won because of the considerable chunk of votes Tamilans cast in my favour in my Maninagar assembly constituency," he remarked.

Both the people of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat had a long tradition of sea-based trade with ancient civilizations, said Modibecause the people of the two states had the ability to mix like sugar and milk. If Gujarat is a leading cotton growing state, Tamil Nadu is its major consumer. Moreover, what was Gandhiji to Gujarat, Rajaji was for Tamil Nadu, and the common feature was that the two states played a leading role in the freedom struggle. Vedaranyam (now in Nagapattinam district) salt satyagragha led by V O Chidambaram coincided with Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March, and there were many more things in common between the two people, he remarked.

Paying glowing tributes to poet Ramalingam Pillai who had said that the quality of Tamils in the world was unique, Modi said he liked Tamilians for being hardworking, sincere and loyal.

Modi noted Trichy's erstwhile Regional Engineering College (Now NIT) had scored over many IITs in the country, and BHEL supplied raw materials to all the power plants in the country. The city had an enviable reputation and former President Abdul Kalam is an alumnus of St Joseph's College.