Prime Minister Narendra Modi in in Gujarat on a 2-day trip. This is the third visit by the Prime Minister in his home state within a month.The Day 1 was packed with ground-breaking ceremonies and rallies.
Here are 10 major updates on this political story:
1: PM Modi's most crucial speech was in IIT- Gandhinagar where he pitched for Digital India campaign.
2: Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of IIT-Gandhinagar, PM Modi advised students of IIT to be concerned about the poor, whose contribution had enabled them to study at the premier institute.
3: While opening his speech, PM Modi remembered his childhood days when he sold tea at the railway station in his hometown Vadnagar. "You all are IITians. But I am the one who is just a 'teaian', a chaiwala" PM Modi said, evoking laughter from the audience.
4: PM Modi said, "In western countries, there is a theory by Karl Marx which is very prominent — that of the 'haves and have nots'. The political ideology of the West also grew accordingly. But, we cannot afford to adopt it. There should not be digital divide here so that some people in the nation are experts in technology and some remain untouchable or deprived. This is the greatest challenge before us. For social integrity and development, the digital divide should be removed."
5: The prime minister said his government has blended JAM-- Jandhan account, Aadhaar and mobile phone--to ensure people become digitally literate.
6: Under attack over the Gujarat model of development, PM Modi took a swipe at the Congress over economic progress under its governments, saying for them it meant installing a hand pump and asking for votes in return.
7: Lauding the changes made in the GST on Friday, PM Modi said, “Today, I have seen newspapers from across the country.
They carry headlines that Diwali has come 15 days earlier.”
8: PM Modi said the government had earlier stated that it will study the GST for three months following its implementation and then fix the problems.
9: The prime minister also laid the foundation stone for a four-lane Cable Stayed Signature Bridge to be built over the sea at the cost of Rs962.43-crore, connecting Okha and Beyt-Dwarka.
10: PM Modi also laid the foundation stone for the six-lane national highway to be built between Ahmedabad-Rajkot, covering a distance of 231.31km.
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