Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks during a speech to the general public in Toronto. All photographs: Mark Blinch/Reuters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for a four-coloured revolution in India for the progress of the country, with the fours colour representing the Indian flag - saffron, white, green and blue.
He was addressing the Indian diaspora at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto on Wednesday.
Here are his top 10 quotes from the event:
- Our Mars mission cost less than what it takes to make a Hollywood film... Our cost worked out to less than an autorickshaw ride in any Indian city at Rs. 7 per kilometre.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledges his reception as he takes the stage for a speech to the general public in Toronto.
- There was a time when a bank official won’t pay attention when you went to the bank. Kitna badal gaya insaan, bank wale bhi badle (refers to an old Hindi song, which translates to: humans have changed and so have the bank officials).
Dancers entertain an audience at Ricoh Colisuem ahead of Modi's speech to the general public in Toronto.
- I congratulate the bank officials for opening 14 crore bank accounts -- that is thrice the population of Canada!
- The Indian flag has four colours and I want to bring four revolutions to India. Saffron is a colour of energy, and we must have an energy revolution in India.
- Jinko gandagi karni thi, gandagi kar ke chaley gaye, hum safai karke jayengey (Those who had create a mess, they have done so and left. We will go after cleaning it up)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper as he takes the stage for a speech to the general public in Toronto.
- We are the nation of Gandhi, and have never been an aggressor. Yet we had to go beg for nuclear reactors, because countries used to feel that we would make nuclear weapons. The irony is that the nations that do make such weapons are not stopped in any way.
- "We have rescued 17,000 people from West Asia because in times of crisis, we do not see the colour of anyone's passport. We do everything possible for people.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks during a speech to the general public in Toronto.
- No one wanted to give us nuclear reactors, thinking…what if we made bombs? Ironically, people who make bombs are not stopped.
- 80 crore youth, 80 crore dreams, 160 crore strong hands. What can we not achieve?
Read the full speech HERE
With inputs from PTI