Narendra Modi makes tearful speech to India's parliament
Later,
addressing party MPs, Modi broke down, paused, asked for a glass of
water and then continued in a voice choked with emotion.
Later, addressing party MPs, Modi broke down, paused, asked for a glass of water and then continued in a voice choked with emotion.
Later,
addressing party MPs, Modi broke down, paused, asked for a glass of
water and then continued in a voice choked with emotion.
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Later,
addressing party MPs, Modi broke down, paused, asked for a glass of
water and then continued in a voice choked with emotion.
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Later,
addressing party MPs, Modi broke down, paused, asked for a glass of
water and then continued in a voice choked with emotion.
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Later,
addressing party MPs, Modi broke down, paused, asked for a glass of
water and then continued in a voice choked with emotion.
Later,
addressing party MPs, Modi broke down, paused, asked for a glass of
water and then continued in a voice choked with emotion.
Later,
addressing party MPs, Modi broke down, paused, asked for a glass of
water and then continued in a voice choked with emotion.
NEW DELHI: On a day he was formally "appointed" as prime minister by President Pranab Mukherjee, Narendra Modi put down what seemed to be the markers of his prime ministership — unifying not dividing, statesman-like not hard-edged, pro-poor as well as pro-opportunity, obsessively results-oriented but unafraid of making emotional gestures.
The softer, statesman-like Modi who seemed unafraid to emote was first on display dramatically when he stooped to touch his forehead on the grand steps of the Parliament building, which he called the "temple of democracy". Later, addressing party MPs, Modi broke down, paused, asked for a glass of water and then continued in a voice choked with emotion.
The gesture of respect while entering Parliament was as traditional culturally as it was politically unique — political leaders have not been known to "pay respect" to India's democracy in such a dramatic fashion.
The gesture of respect while entering Parliament was as traditional culturally as it was politically unique — political leaders have not been known to "pay respect" to India's democracy in such a dramatic fashion.
Emotions were high during Modi's acceptance speech to BJP's parliamentary board, for Modi and for assembled Bharatiya Janata Partyleaders, when he said it was not he who did a favour to the party — as LK Advani had said in his speech — but it was the party that did a favour to him. Deploying again a culturally well-understood metaphor — respect for motherhood — the PM-designate said, "...like India is my mother, BJP is my mother, too...how can a son do a favour to a mother?" It was BJP that made a "poor boy" reach where he has today, Modi said.
And Modi, in a subtle but powerful message, telling his party colleagues that post victory, BJP should be about collective unity, not personal divisions.
"You can see me because party elders have put me on their shoulders," Modi said, and he more than once thanked party elders and invoked Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the only other BJP PM in India. This was Modi telling his party that everyone's on board as he gets to assume prime ministership
In his speech, in which he broke off to choke back tears, the activist turned politician urged party colleagues to dedicate themselves to serving the nation as their "mother". Other BJP figures seen weeping.
"I said this earlier and I say it again: that 125 crore (1.25 billion) Indians' hopes and aspirations are embedded in this temple of democracy," he said, later recalling his humble origins and the country's independence fighters.
Modi said "the common man has got renewed self-confidence and faith in democracy" after last Friday's victory for the BJP, which won the first overall majority by a single party since 1984 with 31% of the vote.
"For rural areas, farmers, dalits (those at the bottom of India's tenacious social hierarchy), weak and the pained, this government is for them. To meet their aspirations and hopes, this is our responsibility because our weakest, poorest have sent us here," said the new leader, who as a boy worked as a tea seller.
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DELHI: On a day he was formally "appointed" as prime minister by
President Pranab Mukherjee, Narendra Modi put down what seemed to be
the markers of his prime ministership — unifying not dividing,
statesman-like not hard-edged, pro-poor as well as pro-opportunity,
obsessively results-oriented but unafraid of making emotional gestures.
The softer, statesman-like Modi who seemed unafraid to emote was first on display dramatically when he stooped to touch his forehead on the grand ste ..
The softer, statesman-like Modi who seemed unafraid to emote was first on display dramatically when he stooped to touch his forehead on the grand ste ..
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