Gujarat Confidential: PM Narendra Modi bats for local
Addressing a public meeting at Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre in Gandhinagar on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called upon people to use only locally made products. He also pointed out that products for certain Indian festivals are being imported from abroad. Without making any direct reference to any country, he said, 'Look at the misfortune, even (idols of) Ganeshji come from abroad'
Audience at Bhuj event
Among people who attended PM Narendra Modi's event in Bhuj on Monday were over 2,600 workers and their families who were mobilised from the Deendayal Port, Kandla — nearly 75 km from the venue. 'This is the first time port workers voluntarily attended an event of the Prime Minister in such a large scale,' Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) spokesperson Om Prakash Dadlani told this paper. Not only the workers — who were ferried in nearly 50 state transport buses and private vehicles — but also over 300 ministerial staff attended the event where PM Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stone for projects worth over Rs 1,100 crore of the DPA. Workers were happy to hear the PM mention about the Kandla port in his speech, DPA authorities said.
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