Sydney: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the ultimate showman in politics. The country has not seen a Prime Minister like him before. He connects. He knows to how to reach out to the masses through technology. He knows how to pick his words carefully. He did the same thing at the Allphones Arena in Sydney. His address to the people of Indian origin living in Australia had all the ingredients of a typical Modi programme. The huge auditorium was packed to capacity. Thousands of people cheered at him enthusiastically. The audience responded to every word uttered by the Prime Minister with a thunderous applause.
Like all his previous public programmes, Modi picked up the issues which appeal to common people. He elucidated it in simple words. Despite Monday being a working day and the first day of the week, his programme saw a huge turnout.
He started his speech in English thanking the native people of Australia. Thereafter, he switched to Hindi, the language he prefers over English. Thanking the people for the overwhelming response he received, Modi said, "Modi is not privileged to receive this welcome. More than hundred crore Indians are the rightful owners of this. I dedicate it to them."
He mentioned the name of Swami Vivekananda whom he considers to be his inspiration. Quoting the great yogi he said "Vivekananda had predicted that his fellow countrymen would forget their gods and goddesses for the first 50 years of Independence and after that they will go back to their roots. He is right. The day of India has come. This is our day under the sun." He also remembered the great guru of Swami Vivekananda - Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
Making indirect references to his humble background, he said, "democracy is the greatest thing. I am here because of Indian democracy. Even a common man can climb greater heights in a real democracy like India."
To explain the century-old relationship between India and Australia, Modi spoke about the contribution of Indians in shaping the future of Australia. He mentioned the names of people of Indian origin who made it big in Australia like Bhaktwarsi, Erick Fears, Stuart Clarck, Lisa Salekar, Akshay Venkatesh, Mathai Verghese, India Naidu and many others. He also spoke about how Cricket has united India and Australia. He thanked them for bringing respect and honour to their motherland through their achievements.
After a 10 minute long speech on Indians and Australia, Modi spoke about his initiatives in the last 6 months. He spoke passionately about Clean India, Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana, improvement of Railways, skill development, promotion of tourism and improving standard of living.
He said, "do you want India to export gems and jewellery? Do you want India to export potatoes and Tomatoes? We should export best quality teachers to rest of the World. It may ten years, but we can do that. They have a great value all over the World."
Talking about his 'minimum government and maximum governance' policy, Modi said, "government can't build a nation. Only the people can build a nation. I have full confidence in the ability of our citizens. Previous governments enjoyed making laws. I enjoy scrapping them."
His speech was very simple. But, it was very impactful. He said all the right things. Unlike other world leaders, who speak about foreign policy and other 'dry' things, Modi spoke about small, small things which matter the most in their everyday life.
He explained what he is doing and planning to do for the common people. There was an immediate connect. Thousands of the people listened to him with great attention. Modi knows that right intonation is very important in speaking. Modi is a master of the pause, and has been using it effectively over the years to enhance the power of his speeches. He demonstrated it once again in Sydney.
At length, he spoke about the greatness of India and what all it can offer to rest of the World. He knows how to use patriotism to make the fellow Indians feel better and proud. Like his Madison Garden speech, in Sydney too, Modi proved that he is India's ultimate showman in politics.
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