PM Narendra Modi said:
"We have succeeded in eliminating armed Naxals from the forests and liberating the country from that menace.
However, while the armed Naxals are gone, the mental (Dimagi) Naxals remain, and these mental Naxals are on the lookout for an opportunity. They are looking for ways of violence and anarchy."
"They (Dimagi Naxals) are resorting to various tactics to drag society onto the wrong path.
"We must identify these mental Naxals, isolate them, and steer the nation’s youth toward the mainstream effort of transforming India into a developed nation."
"We are moving towards prosperity, but the road to prosperity passes through security. Over the past 11 years, we have worked with full dedication for national security, defending the nation, and for the safety of its citizens.
"We have succeeded in bringing about change. The country knows that vast tribal areas of our nation had, for many decades, been blood-soaked in the grip of Naxalism and Maoism.
"The greatest suffering was endured by my tribal families—tribal mothers and sisters lost their bright, promising children; young sons were lured onto the wrong path, misled, and their lives destroyed.
We took firm and decisive action.
There was a time when Naxalism had taken root in more than 125 districts. Our tribal areas and youth were caught in the clutches of Maoism."
"Today, we have reduced that number from over 125 districts to merely 20. This is the greatest service we have rendered to our tribal communities. There was a time when the name of Bastar evoked the sounds of Maoist and Naxalite bombs and guns.
"Today, after being freed from Maoism and Naxalism, Bastar’s youth participate in the Olympics; thousands of young people, shouting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”, enter the sports field, and the entire atmosphere brims with enthusiasm.
"The nation is witnessing this transformation.
"Regions once known as the “Red Corridor” are now becoming corridors of green development. This is a matter of pride for us. In those parts of Bharat's map once stained red with blood, we have now hoisted the tricolour of the Constitution, the rule of law, and development."
"Over the past 12 years, defence production has increased nearly fourfold. Production by the Khadi and Village Industries sector has increased nearly fivefold.
Electronics manufacturing has increased nearly sevenfold. Production of modern railway coaches has increased 21 times. Mobile phone production has increased 35 times. And that is not all. Keeping pace with the modern era, we have also made our mark in the world of digital technology and innovation.
"The number of internet users and consumers has increased nearly fourfold. The number of patents granted has increased fourfold. Digital transactions have increased 100 times.
"We have also worked with equal seriousness to improve the everyday lives of ordinary citizens. Every year, we have provided tap-water connections at an average rate 15 times faster than before.
"Gas connections have been provided at an average rate six times faster each year. The construction of toilets for the poor has progressed at four times the annual rate.
"The pace of providing homes to the poor has increased threefold each year."
"Over the past 12 years, crores of citizens of the country, whether dalits, oppressed, deprived, tribal communities, people living in villages or cities, the poor, the middle class, the youth, the elderly, women or men, whether from the North, South, East, or West, everyone has made every possible effort to take the nation to new heights with determination and dedication.
"I respectfully acknowledge and honour their efforts. And it is the result of these efforts that 25 crore citizens have overcome poverty and risen out of poverty in such a short period.
It is also the result of the efforts of these citizens that we were once counted among the Fragile Five, but within 12 years, we have become a major economy and the fastest-growing major economy."
"The entire technology sector is dependent on critical minerals. Bharat is working to secure itself in this area as well. We have shared the target for critical minerals and launched the National Critical Minerals Mission.
In the Budget, we announced the ‘Critical Minerals Corridor’. Agreements are being signed with several countries, and many countries around the world are now beginning to place their trust in Bharat in the field of critical minerals."
"The fifth strength of Sapt Dhara is ‘Raksha Shakti’ (defence power). And the importance of this ‘Raksha Shakti’ is immense in every respect.
"Bharat has now experienced this, and the world has experienced it as well: there is no alternative to being self-reliant in defence.
"When countries around the world are increasingly thinking about their own interests, Bharat cannot simply remain a market for the world. We must become self-reliant in the defence sector. We must set ourselves the goal of
--- developing next-generation defence technologies and moving towards becoming a global supplier."
"We must develop drones and counter-drone systems, and we must take leadership in hypersonic defence technologies."
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