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Modi calls for another Quit India movement
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked people to rally around another \"Quit India\" movement - 75 years after Mahatma Gandhis campaign against British rule - to rid the country of filth, poverty, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism by 2022.
To throw out communalism, terrorism from country
​New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked people to rally around another "Quit India" movement - 75 years after Mahatma Gandhis campaign against British rule - to rid the country of filth, poverty, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism by 2022.
In his monthly radio talk Mann ki Baat, Modi said the next five years could be as decisive as was the time from 1942 - when Gandhi made the "Quit India" call - and 1947 - when India got freedom. He asked the people to make a pledge and contribute towards building a "new India".
"Just as the five years from 1942 to 1947 were decisive for the country's independence, these five years from 2017 to 2022 can and must play a decisive role for the future of India. Five years from now, we will celebrate 75 years of India's independence.
"We must make 2017 our Year of Resolve. In this month of August, we have to come together and resolve: Filth - Quit India; Poverty - Quit India; Corruption - Quit India; Terrorism - Quit India; Casteism - Quit India; Communalism - Quit India," Modi said in his Hindi speech.
Modi said Gandhi had given a "Do or Die" call but it was time to "live by and strive for this resolve (and) launch a mega campaign ‘Sankalp se Siddhi' - Attainment through Resolve" from August 9 - the 75th anniversary of "Quit India" movement.
Modi said he could see that the next five years would be a new time segment to "certainly transform that resolve into ‘siddhi' or attainment".
The Prime Minister also hailed the GST, launched on the midnight of June 30, as "more than just a tax reform" and said it would usher "in a new culture of honesty".
