Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on his first podcast with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath on Friday. In the more than two-hour podcast, the prime minister spoke at length about his childhood, his friends, his ability to take risks, his vision for young people and many other topics.
Prime Minister Modi spoke at length about the February 22 Godhra train arson incident when he was a new member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
“I became an MLA for the first time on February 24, 2002. Just three days later, a train burst into flames in Godhra. I decided to fall at ground zero. Police officials denied this, citing non-availability of helicopters. I ordered a helicopter, but there was no helicopter.” I said, “It’s for VIPs, there’s only one engine, I’m not a VIP, I’m a civilian.”
burning godhra train
The Godhra train fire occurred on the morning of February 27, 2002, when a fire broke out inside the Sabarmati Express train near Godhra station in Gujarat, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims and Karshevaks returning from Ayodhya. The cause of the fire is still under debate. This was soon followed by the Gujarat riots in which Muslims became targets of widespread and severe violence.
Replying to a question on how he dealt with the unrest, PM Modi told Kamath, “I took an ONGC single-engine helicopter knowing the risks and reached Godhra.I witnessed that painful scene and since it was a commercial, I controlled my emotions.” Ta.
PM Modi also spoke about the importance of idealism over ideology, even though politics cannot exist without ideology. Although Mahatma Gandhi and Veer Savarkar took different paths, their ideology was “free”, he said.
Nation first principle
The Prime Minister said he would always put the people first.
After watching that painful scene, I have been controlling my emotions since the commercial.
“I’m not a person who changes positions to suit my own convenience. I grew up believing in only one (sort of) ideology,” PM Modi said.
“If I were to describe my ideology in one word, I would say ‘nation first.’ Anything that fits the tagline ‘nation first’ does not bind me to the shackles of ideology and tradition. “We are ready to let go of the old and embrace the new in order to move forward, but the condition is always ‘nation first’,” he said.
