New Delhi: The move to telecast Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech live might have sparked a major debate, but on Friday, with his familiar style and oratory, he struck a chord with students across India.
In his direct connect with students, something the nation has seen for the first time, the Prime Minister made it clear that the education of girls remained his top priority. Yet again he stressed on the importance of ensuring toilets in girls’ schools to stem the dropout rate.
But it was the 100-minute question-and-answer session with students that saw the Modi magic working. In a relaxed atmosphere, the students wanted to know “How does it feel to be PM from CM?” and urged him to recall anecdotes from his childhood “shararatein (mischief)”.
There was nothing political, nothing contentious.
