PM’s Address to the Nation
New Delhi,My Fellow Citizens, I address you today for the last time as Prime Minister of India. Ten years ago, when I was entrusted with this responsibility, I entered upon it
with diligence as my tool, truth as my beacon and a prayer that I might always
do the right thing. Today, as I prepare to lay down office, I am aware that well before the final
judgment that we all await from the Almighty, there is judgment in the court of
public opinion that all elected officials and governments are required to
submit themselves to.
Fellow citizens, each one of us should respect the judgement that you have
delivered. The just concluded elections have deepened the foundations of our
democratic polity. As I have said on many occasions, my life and tenure in public office are an
open book. I have always tried to do my best in serving this great nation of
ours. In the last ten years, we as a country have seen many successes and
achievements that we should be proud of. Today, India is a far stronger country
in every respect than it was a decade ago. I give credit for these successes to
all of you. However, there is still vast latent development potential in our
country and we must collectively work hard to realize it. As I leave office, my abiding memory will be the love and kindness that I have
always received from you. I owe everything to this country, this great land of
ours where I, an underprivileged child of Partition, was empowered enough to
rise and occupy high office. It is both a debt that I will never be able to
repay and a decoration that I will always wear with pride.
Friends, I am confident about the future of India. I firmly believe that the
emergence of India as a major powerhouse of the evolving global economy is an
idea whose time has come. Blending tradition with modernity and unity with
diversity, this nation of ours can show the way forward to the world. Serving
this nation has been my privilege. There is nothing more that I could ask for. I wish the incoming government every success as it embarks on its task and pray
for even greater successes for our nation.
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