‘2024 election results will be beyond barriers’: PM Modi at HTLS 2023

PM Modi spoke on evolution of HTLS themes from "Reshaping India" in 2014 to "Conversation for a Better Tomorrow" in 2019, and now "Beyond Barriers" in 2023.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the 2024 Lok Sabha election results will be beyond barriers as he delivered the closing address at the 21st edition of HT Leadership Summit 2023. 'Beyond barriers' is the theme of HTLS this year.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 21st edition of Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Saturday.

Modi also spoke on the evolution of the HT Leadership Summit's themes from "Reshaping India" in 2014 to "Conversation for a Better Tomorrow" in 2019, and now "Beyond Barriers" in 2023. He interprets this as a message that the public will support political representatives after breaking all barriers. He sees it as the foundation for a brighter India.

Modi interpreted this as a message that the public will support political representatives after breaking all barriers. He sees it as the foundation for a brighter India. “The summit's theme in 2014 was reshaping India, it means HT Group knew India would be reshaped. In 2019, HT Summit's theme was Conversation for a Better Tomorrow,” he said.

“Now in 2023, when the country is discussing the next year's Lok Sabha elections, your theme is Beyond Barriers. As I am a political representative, I see a message in it. You have clearly indicated that the public will support us after breaking all barriers,” the PM said.

“For a long time, we had to face several barriers. Attacks and colonialism tied us in barriers. The independence movement had broken several barriers. After the Independence, it was hoped the momentum would be carried on, but this didn't happen. We couldn't grow to our potential,” Modi said at the summit.

Modi also said India is breaking barriers to reach new heights – be it in start-up, mobile manufacturing and digital transactions.

PM Modi on mental barrier

Modi also acknowledged that India didn't progress according to its potential due to mental barriers, some of which were perceived and some exaggerated. Since 2014, he said, “India has been actively breaking these barriers, and today, the nation has achieved remarkable milestones, such as reaching locations on the Moon that no one has reached before”.