India as a participatory democracy, with a new people-public partnership, which can accomplish a series of missions: cleanliness, improvement of villages, and changing of the gender mindset.
Modi made several announcements today — the financial inclusion scheme, called the jan-dhan yojana; the make-in-India manufacturing mission with zero defect and zero effect; the skill development mission which would create jobs and job creators; and the adopt-a-village scheme for every MP and every state legislator.
Today though, he unveiled himself as a motivational speaker, urging society to change, just as the government was changing. If families placed limits on their daughters, they should equally question their sons said Modi, referring to the horrific incidents of violence against women.
It was a new idea of India — an India where there is no “‘mera kya, mujhe kya”‘. It is an India where toilets for girls matter, where broadband connectivity for every village matters, where rajniti becomes rashtra niti.
Today he described himself as Pradhan Sevak. He sets high standards, and demands the same from those who work for him — if you work 12 hours, I will work for 13 hours. Modi, the Motivational Speaker, is also a Tough Boss. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, he said.
-INDIA TODAY