Valsad, 17 May 2012

Really touching words in following lines that are taken from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s today’s speech in Valsad district on the occasion of Gujarat government’s annual pre-monsoon Krushi Mahotsav:

“We organize Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit for two days, once in two years, but because in such summit, the big people, industrialists, rich persons come, their photos are published in newspapers, and media discusses that Ratan Tata came, Mukesh Ambani came etc. If we set up one factory, we would attract admiration from all corners.”

“But every year under scorching sun when entire government goes to villages for one-month period, it is nowhere in focus(in media).”

“If one farmer has made an amazing achievement in the field of agriculture, and he is honored, nobody spare time to discuss it, nobody(in media) mentions it. This is because, our nation has developed a mentality, that for the sake of just saying it, we say that our country is led by its agriculture, and that our country is a country of villages.”

“But when any farmer achieves something, it is not mentioned, his achievement is not recognized, discussed enough.”

“Through Krushi mahotsavs, we want to make a point that the real strength of this country lies in its farmers, in its agriculture.”

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