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India first , the

         foremost sense



        The idea of "India first, always first" is widely held by
        the populace. However, there are also some societal
        distortions, and from the Red Fort, Prime Minister
        Modi issued a social appeal in this regard.













                                                                      We have to celebrate diversity of such
                                                                      a big country,  so many creeds and
                                                                      traditions. It is our pride.
            When the son and daughter are equal then
            only the foundation of the family is laid.
            The mantras of unity cannot be chanted
            if the son and daughter are not equal.                    All are equal. No one is low, no one is
            The first condition for our unity is gender               high. No one is mine, no one is alien;
            equality. When we talk about unity, if we                 everyone is yours. This feeling is very
            only have one parameter, one criterion,                   important for unity
            which we call India First, then everything
            I do, think, and say is in accordance with
            India First.
            That is the mantra that will bind us
            together. We must hold on to it. I have
            complete faith that we should all protect
            ourselves from discrimination, both high              Can we take a pledge to
            and low, within society. According to                 get rid of everything that
            Shramev Jayate, it should be in our nature            humiliates women in our daily
            to respect labourers.                                 life, by nature or by culture?
            I want to say one more thing from the Red             Women's pride is going to be
            Fort. I cannot live without expressing this           a huge asset in fulfilling the
            pain. I know it may not be the subject of             dreams of the nation. I see
            Red Fort. But where can I express the pain            this potential and, therefore, I
            inside me? If I do not say it in front of my          insist on it.
            countrymen, then where will I say it ? And            -Narendra Modi,
            that is because for some reason such a                Prime Minister
            perversion has come in us, in our speech,
            in our behavior, in some of our words, we
            insult women.


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