After his Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan launched on Gandhi Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued to echo the sentiments of Mahatma Gandhi as he urged Indians to buy at least one khadi product.
Modi addressed the nation on All India Radio (AIR) on Friday morning, where he appealed Indians to join his Swacch Bharat campaign.
This was the first time Modi used AIR to address people in a programme titled 'Man ki Baat', where he is to have a dialogue with them through questions and answers.
As he greeted people on Vijayadashami, Modi reminded the people that Friday's festival was a celebration of the victory of good over evil. "I want you to pledge we will remove dirt from our lives by joining Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan," he said.
Modi then went on to urge people buy at least one khadi product as that will help light the lamp of prosperity in the house of a poor person. "All of you must be having all types of clothes. But can't we have one cloth of khadi? At least on… it could be a shirt, a towel, a handkerchief… anything," he said.
Modi seemed to have echoed Gandhi's philosophy from almost a century ago, where he has insisted that Indians must wear khadi to save and promote the domestic textile industry.
Referring to the suggestions he had received through social media and emails, Modi said, "Gautam Pal wrote to me about specially-abled children, suggesting to have some schemes for specially-abled children in civic bodies. I like his suggestion. When I was the CM of Gujarat, I had invited few special children and had interacted with them. I was emotionally touched and we began Khel Mahakumbh for specially-abled athletes."
Asking people to send him suggestions on various issues, Modi said, "Through emails, a large number of people wrote to me saying children should begin skill development courses at very young age and some wrote to me that we should have more dustbins. These are good suggestions and I want you to keep sending me suggestions. If you send me complaints with proofs, I will look into it."
Towards the end of the speech, Modi said he was happy talking to listeners through radio and that he could reach all of them through radio, especially the poor in the villages and the youth.
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