'Mann Ki Baat' is like 'Prasad Ki Thaal' at feet of God: Top quotes from PM Modi’s 100th radio address

In the 100th episode of 'Mann ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the radio show gave him a solution to connect with the people and was not merely a programme but a spiritual journey for him.

The monthly radio programme, which aired on October 3, 2014, has become a key pillar of the government's citizen-outreach programme addressing multiple social groups such as women, youth, and farmers and has spurred community action.

Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi's top quotes from 100th radio address

'Mann Ki Baat' has also become a unique festival of goodness and positivity of the countrymen.

For me, 'Mann Ki Baat' is like a Thaal of Prasad at the feet of God in the form of Janata-Janardan, the people. 'Mann Ki Baat' has become a spiritual journey of my being.

Whether it is about Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, or the Swachh Bharat movement, love for Khadi or nature, whether it is the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav or Amrit Sarovar, any subject with which Mann Ki Baat got associated, turned into a mass movement, and you people have made it so.

When I jointly shared Mann Ki Baat with the then US President Barack Obama, it was discussed all over the world.

Even when the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign started, 'Mann Ki Baat' played a big role in connecting the countrymen with this resolve.

I remember, when I was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, it was natural to meet and interact with the common people. But after coming to Delhi in 2014, I found that life here was very different. The nature of the work is different, the responsibility is different, one is bound by circumstances, the rigours of security & time limits. In the initial days, something felt different, there was an emptiness.

Fifty years ago, I did not leave my home just to find one day that it would be difficult to contact the people of my own country. The very countrymen who are my everything... I could not live separated from them. Mann Ki Baat gave me a solution to this challenge, a way to connect with the common man.

Today, I am reminded a lot of the past. These efforts of the countrymen have inspired me to continuously keep striving.

It's a matter of fulfilment for me that in Mann Ki Baat we have mentioned hundreds of inspiring stories of woman power across the country. Be it our army or the sports world, whenever I have talked about the achievements of women, it has been praised a lot.

'Selfie With Daughter' turned into a global campaign. And the issue in this was neither selfie, nor technology... importance was accorded to the daughter. There has been another specialty of Mann Ki Baat. Through Mann Ki Baat, many mass movements have come into being and gained momentum.