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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the National Cadet Corps rally in Delhi.

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Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the National Cadet Corps parade, at Cariappa Parade Ground. He will address the cadets shortly.

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Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents the awards to the best cadets, at National Cadet Corps rally at Cariappa Parade Ground.

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PM Narendra Modi, at National Cadet Corps rally in Delhi: A country where youth is disciplined, has will power & determination, it can never be stopped on its path to development. India has a young population, we're proud of it but the thinking of the country should be young too.

NCC instills the youth of the country with energy, discipline, devotion and more such emotions. These emotions are directly associated with the development of the country: PM Narendra Modi

No one can stop a country if its youth has all these emotions. 65% of Indians are below 35 years of age, making India a young country. It is important that India's thought is young as well: PM Narendra Modi

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We will have to work together keeping in mind the challenges of the past, requirements of the present and the ambitions for the future: PM Narendra Modi, at National Cadet Corps rally in Delhi

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India's youth is getting restless with no change. It wants change, that hasn't happened in 70 years since Independence. It is not ready to fall prey to these old problems: PM Narendra Modi, at National Cadet Corps rally in Delhi

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It wants to change the country and the situation. It has decided that problems won't be postponed; they would be faced and solved: PM Narendra Modi, at National Cadet Corps rally in Delhi

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Earlier, what was done for solving problems in Kashmir? 3-4 families worked not towards solving the issues but towards nurturing them. The result was that thousands of innocents died due to terrorism. People were forced to migrate: PM Narendra Modi

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If any disease continues for a long time, it becomes a part of the body. In our social life, this has happened. Several diseases had weakened our country in a way that most of its energy was being utilized to fight these problems: PM Modi

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Article 370 was implemented in J&K as temporary arrangement. It continued for decades as no one showed enough courage to abrogate it. For vested interests and vote-banks, politicians did not solve this issue for 70 years: PM Narendra Modi

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Could we hand our youth a country that had a problem of terrorism? Absolutely not. Kashmir is our pride and freeing it from problems was our responsibility and we delivered: PM Narendra Modi

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Not only in J&K, but the entire country is also seeing a new dawn of peace. We're moving ahead swiftly in fighting separatism: PM Narendra Modi

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You know the behavior bestowed upon the North-East states in the past. For decades, the needs and aspirations of the people from the region were ignored: PM Narendra Modi

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Not just the people, but the problems were ignored as well. Several organizations that were born there did not believe in democracy & killed thousands of people. Could we leave the North-East like that?: PM Narendra Modi

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We know that our neighbouring country has lost 3 wars against us, our armed forces don't need more than 10-12 days to defeat them. They've been fighting proxy wars against India since decades. It claimed the lives of thousands of civilians,jawans: PM Modi

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In the last 30 years, not one next-generation fighter was added to our Air Forces. Our pilots martyred, there were accidents: PM Narendra Modi

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We started the work that was stopped for 3 decades. We're happy to have Rafale, the next-gen fighter plane, and it has been inducted in the IAF: PM Narendra Modi

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Our jawans were asking for bullet-proof jackets since 2009, but the former Govt did not care about it. His life is more valuable than people like us: PM Narendra Modi

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Our Govt not only bought the bullet-proof jackets for our jawans, but we're also moving ahead to export bullet-proof jackets: PM Narendra Modi

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In the entire world, changes are being made in the defense forces. For years, the talks to increase co-ordination in the three forces took place in India as well. The CDS post was hanging for ages: PM Narendra Modi

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Formation of the Department of Military Affairs and the formation and appointment of CDS was done by our Govt as well: PM Narendra Modi

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Since Independence, leaders who had helped Partition had promised the minorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh that they can come back if they are persecuted. Mahatma Gandhi had the same wish as well: PM Narendra Modi

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This was the same emotion behind the Nehru-Liaquat Pact. It was India's responsibility to protect these people who were continuously persecuted on religious grounds: PM Narendra Modi

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Now that our Govt has brought the Citizenship Amendment Act, some political parties are holding on to their vote-banks. Why can't they see such persecution in Pakistan?: PM Narendra Modi

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They need to answer these questions. Some of them are trying to become the voice of Dalits. These are the same people who can't see the persecution on Dalits in Pakistan: PM Narendra Modi

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They need to understand that the refugees that have come in, most of them, are Dalits: PM Narendra Modi

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Some time ago, Pakistan's Army had put out an advertisement. It was an ad for cleaning workers. It said that only non-Muslims could apply for the post. That means it was for these Dalits and other minorities: PM Narendra Modi

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People who are protesting against the CAA, are the same that protested against the Enemy Property Act as well: PM Narendra Modi

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After Partition, India and Bangladesh have shared some issues about the border as well. No major steps were taken to solve this issue: PM Narendra Modi

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For vested interests, these problems were allowed to linger. This was going on in India. It is our Govt that solved the border issue with Bangladesh: PM Narendra Modi

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Both India and Bangladesh are standing together after solving this issue. We are fighting poverty together: PM Narendra Modi

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During partition, a line was drawn on a piece of paper. This line had pushed the Kartarpur Gurudwara into Pakistan: PM Narendra Modi

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Why was it left that way? When our Army had captured 90 thousand Pak soldiers, India could have kept its terms. Why did it not use that opportunity? We didn't: PM Narendra Modi

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For decades, Sikh pilgrims were waiting to visit their shrine. Our Govt has opened the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor to solve the long-standing problem: PM Narendra Modi

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Our Govt is solving problems that have languished for decades. The country knows the true face of the people who are applying a communal color to it: PM Narendra Modi

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The country is silent, surely, but is understanding it in detail. The people know how lies were spread for vote-bank politics for decades: PM Narendra Modi

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It is our Govt that made a law against Triple Talaq. It has given more power to Muslim women, empowering them: PM Narendra Modi

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