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Business News/ Photos / Between the lines of Narendra Modi’s Independence day speech

Between the lines of Narendra Modi’s Independence day speech

8 Photos . Updated: 21 Aug 2015, 08:53 PM IST Livemint

What Narendra Modi said in his speech and what can be expected from the NDA government in the year ahead

An Indian security commando at Red Fort. Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

1/8An Indian security commando at Red Fort. Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews an honour guard of troops before delivering his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort on Saturday. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP

2/8Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews an honour guard of troops before delivering his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort on Saturday. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP

A squirrel does its own inspection up close. Photo: Shirish Shete/PTI

3/8A squirrel does its own inspection up close. Photo: Shirish Shete/PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the Red Fort in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times

4/8Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the Red Fort in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told people that corruption was eating away at India ‘like a termite’. Photo: Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times

5/8Prime Minister Narendra Modi told people that corruption was eating away at India ‘like a termite’. Photo: Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times

Modi also promised to improve the lot of farmers and people in the Eastern parts of the country, and electricity to every village. Photo: Shirish Shete/PTI

6/8Modi also promised to improve the lot of farmers and people in the Eastern parts of the country, and electricity to every village. Photo: Shirish Shete/PTI

‘Start-up India; Stand-up India’ was the new mantra delivered in his iconic pose. Photo: Manvender Vashist/PTI

7/8‘Start-up India; Stand-up India’ was the new mantra delivered in his iconic pose. Photo: Manvender Vashist/PTI

Schoolchildren eager to shake hands with Modi as he walks into the enclosure after delivering his Independence Day speech. Photo: Raj K. Raj/ Hindustan Times

8/8Schoolchildren eager to shake hands with Modi as he walks into the enclosure after delivering his Independence Day speech. Photo: Raj K. Raj/ Hindustan Times

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