PM Narendra Modi urges people to use made in India goods and supports Operation Sindoor

VADODARA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon people to start using goods that are made in India. Addressing a gathering in Dahod, Gujarat, he said that even on Ganesh Chaturthi, a Ganpati idol with small eyes made abroad was used instead of a Ganpati made in our country.The PM was in Dahod to inaugurate or kick off work on a series of projects worth Rs 24,000 crore, including the inauguration of a railway electrical locomotive unit that came up with an investment of Rs 21,000 crore. He reached Dahod after holding a roadshow in Vadodara. This was his first visit to the state after Operation Sindoor.Speaking in Dahod, Modi lauded how the country was manufacturing not only for its own needs but for exports too. He said that the country was exporting smartphones, cars, toys, arms, and medicines today.

He noted how the country, which was once importing things related to railways, was now contributing to the development of technology, manufacturing, and exports related to railways and metros. He added that Dahod was an example of these developments.Modi said that made-in-India goods were making waves around the world and called upon the gathering to use things made in our country and give up foreign goods. “Shouldn’t we stop using foreign goods in our homes?” he asked.

He urged the people to reply loudly and wave the Tricolour while doing so. When the audience agreed with him, Modi said that they should keep in mind that they were saying this under the shadow of the Tricolour.Modi said that on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, too, we brought Ganpati idols with a ‘small eye’. “We bring not our Ganpati, but foreign Ganpati. When Holi or Diwali come, we buy crackers and ‘pichkaris’ made abroad,” he said.

Notably, former Defence Minister late Manohar Parikkar once noted that the eyes of Ganpati idols made in China were narrower.Modi asked the audience if they shouldn’t ensure that people from the country earned money. “Isn’t this pledge (of using goods made in India) needed from all Indians if the country wants to progress?” the PM said.Speaking on Operation Sindoor, Modi said that after whatever the terrorists did in Pahalgam, could India have kept quiet? “Could Modi have kept quiet? Whoever erases ‘sindoor’ from the foreheads of our sisters will be erased,” Modi said.

He added that the operation was not merely a military operation but an expression of the values and emotions of people.“They had challenged 140 crore Indians, and he did what the country gave him the responsibility for,” the PM said. He added that for whatever the terrorists did on April 22, they were turned to dust in 22 minutes. Referring to Pakistan, Modi pointed out that the only aim of the country born after partition was to have enmity with India and harm India.