PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India has the courage to do something new even in the most difficult circumstances as the country faces obstacles in achieving its target for 2047 and forces that threaten to break it.

“We have to take the country forward, but on the way, there will be forces that will threaten to break us and people to mislead us. But India has the courage to do something new even in the most difficult of circumstances,” PM Modi said, as quoted by the news agency PTI.

The prime minister also said that as the nation celebrated 75 years of independence, it has created a sense of pride towards its heritage. He also urged people to free themselves from the slave mentality.

He said the pride in “our heritage will grow as we get to know ourselves better by freeing ourselves of our slave mentality”.

“The pride in our heritage will grow as we get to know ourselves better by freeing ourselves of our slave mentality,” Modi said.

The prime minister also emphasised that India has the challenges of the era of slavery and the target of India in 2047.

“Today we have the target of India at 2047 (to make India a developed nation). We also have the challenges of the era of slavery and the period of seven decades after that,” PM Modi said, as quoted by news agency PTI.

Modi also said the country has to move forward towards the nation-building process by taking together the shared cultural heritage.

“We are a people who celebrate diversity. We celebrate different languages and dialects, different arts and knowledge. There is diversity everywhere – from our faith to our spirituality,” Modi said.

While addressing the closing ceremony of ‘Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam', Modi said that India is a country that celebrates its diversities and does not divide people but strengthens the bond and relationships among them.

“Such diversities do not divide us but strengthen our bond and relationships. Because we know that when different streams come together, they merge and create a confluence. Therefore, from the confluence of rivers to that of ideas in events like Kumbh, we have been enriching these traditions for centuries," PM Modi said, as quoted by PTI.

(With Inputs From PTI)