72nd Independence Day: India the land of reform, perform and transform, says PM Modi

In his last Independence Day address ahead of the next Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at length about the progress India has made under his government and asserted that its rise is being hailed by the world. Modi drew a comparison between the situation in 2013 and how things stand today and said if the pace of the UPA government's last year was maintained, it would have taken decades, centuries and generations to build as many toilets, distribute as many LPG connections among the poor and lay down as much optical fibre as his government has done. Modi also flexed muscles on economy in independence day speech. He said, “people who used to call India economy fragile and risky are today saying reform momentum is strengthening our economic fundamentals, where India was counted in Fragile Five, today India is hailed as a multi-trillion dollar investment destination. “