Media Eye News Bureau: PM Narendra Modi addressed the crowd at the Lalbhai Contractor stadium for the Surat Night Marathon, with 'Run For New India' as its theme and asserted that, “When the whole world has started accepting the importance of India, we need to shed our shortcomings. We need to build a new India which is free from the venom of casteism. It should be free from communal controversies. There cannot be a place for corruption in this new India.”
He added, “A country is not built by the government or administration or even politicians. A country is built by the strength of its citizens.”
The prime minister urged the people to start working towards achieving this goal as he said, “Mahatma Gandhi gave a call of 'Quit India' in 1942. And, in 1947, that is within five years, Britishers had to leave India. Today, we too have five years' time to build a new India. We can achieve this if 125 crore Indians make a resolution that we will not stop. Let's pledge to make a new India… It is our responsibility and also our best tribute to our freedom fighters.”
