Why Modi broke down while speaking on housing scheme in Maharashtra; WATCH

The Indian PM said he feels very pleased to see such welfare schemes taking shape and that the blessings of people are his biggest asset.

• Shubham
• 19 January, 2024

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By: Shubham Ghosh

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday (19) became emotional while speaking about a big housing society project that was recently completed in the western state of Maharashtra.

Speaking about the project, he said he saw it and thought he wished he too had a chance to live in such a house in his childhood.

Modi was in Solapur in Maharashtra where he dedicated 90,000 houses completed under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban and 15,000 houses of Ray Nagar Housing Society under the PMAY. He called the project as “the country’s largest society built under PM Awas Yojana”.

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As he spoke about the housing project, the PM’s voice choked with emotion. “When I see these things, I feel so pleased. When thousands of such families get their dream fulfilled and they bless us, it becomes my biggest asset,” he said.

महाराष्ट्र में पीएम आवास योजना के अंतर्गत गरीबों के लिए बनी सबसे बड़ी सोसायटी के लोकार्पण की बात करते हुए अपने बचपन को याद कर भावुक हुए प्रधान सेवक श्री @narendramodi। pic.twitter.com/oo9Khn22Hy

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Modi comes from a humble background and his late mother used to wash utensils at others’ houses for extra income to run the household. His father sold tea at a railway station and he used to lend him a hand.

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The Solapur project’s beneficiaries comprise people such as handloom workers, vendors, drivers, power-loom workers, rag pickers and others.

Modi will preside over the inauguration of the Ram temple in the northern Indian holy town of Ayodhya on Monday (22). He said at a gathering in Solapur that his government is inspired by Lord Ram’s principles of governance with honesty and urged people to celebrate the occasion by lighting “Ram Jyoti” on the day of the consecration ceremony at the temple.