Tokyo, May 23 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gave a call for 'Bharat Chalo, Bharat se Judo' (Come to India, connect with India) and asked the Indian community in Japan to join and take the campaign forward.
Interacting with around 700 members of the Indian diaspora amid cheering and chants of his name by the audience, Modi said India and Japan are natural partners, and talked about cultural similarities.
The Prime Minister also quoted Swami Vivekananda and said he was so influenced by Japan that he had said Indians should come to Japan at least once in their lives and invited Japanese youth to visit India.
"Come to India, see India, connect with India, I urge every Indian to join this campaign," Modi said.
PM Modi was greeted by cheers and chants of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Har Har Mahadev'. The audience also broke into 'Modi' chants several times during the PM's speech.
PM Modi said that Japan has played an important role in India's development journey and said that India and Japan are natural partners.
"India and Japan are natural partners. Japan has played an important role in India's development journey. Our relationship with Japan is of intimacy, of spirituality, of cooperation, of belongingness," PM Modi said during his interaction with the Indian diaspora in Tokyo.
The Prime Minister highlighted the cultural similarities between India and Japan, and also said that the world today needs to follow the path of Lord Buddha.
Talking about climate change, Modi said by the end of this decade, 50 percent of India's total installed power capacity will be through non-fossil fuel.
He also talked about the disruption in the global supply chain over the last two years due to the Covid crisis and Ukraine-Russia, and said it is a major challenge for the world.
"We are moving ahead with the pledge of self reliance. This is not just for India, it is for a stable, trusted, global supply chain. Today the whole world is realising that the speed and scale at which India can work is unprecedented. The world can also see the scale at which India is building its infrastructure and institutional capacity," he said.
Talking about the Covid crisis, he said no one knew what would happen next. He said India supplied medicines to several countries, and also supplied indigenous vaccines to over 100 countries.
Talking about the targets of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav being observed at 75 years of independence, he said, "We will see the India of our dreams. Today India is regaining its lost faith in its civilization, its culture, its institutions. Today, any Indian across the world is talking about India with great pride, with eyes wide open. This change has come."
PM Modi is on a two-day visit to Japan. On Tuesday, he will attend the Quad summit and hold bilateral talks with US, Japan and Australian leaders among other programs.
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