Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his podcast debut. He gave a podcast interview to Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamat. Modi has spoken with Nikhil Kamath on his YouTube channel People by WTF. During this, the Prime Minister talked about the peace spreading in the world, the ongoing war between Russia-Ukraine and Palestine-Israel. He also talked about his childhood, political life, importance of ideology and idealism and participation of youth in politics. During this, Modi has explained the meaning of politics. Politics does not mean elections. Politics does not mean victory or defeat. Politics means service to the people.
- PM Modi said, “This is my first podcast. I don’t know how it will be liked by your audience.” Modi says, “I hope you all enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it for you.”
- Modi said, “When I became the Chief Minister, I gave a speech in which I said that I will not step back from hard work. I will not do anything for myself. I am a human being who may make mistakes, but will keep working. Never “I will never do anything with bad intentions…this is the mantra of my life.”
- In his first podcast interview, PM Modi has spoken openly on the Godhra riots that took place in Gujarat in February 2002. He said, “Not even 3 days had passed since I became MLA. Meanwhile, riots took place in Godhra. As soon as I got the news of the riots, I decided to go to Godhra. I saw the truth of Godhra with my own eyes.
- Nikhil Kamath questions the PM regarding the difference between the first and second terms as Prime Minister. In response to this, the PM said – “In the first term, people used to try to understand me also. I was also trying to understand Delhi. Now people have also understood me and I have also understood them.”
- PM Modi has explained the real meaning of politics in his podcast. Modi says, “If the aim is to take, achieve and become, then its life span is not long. The first training in politics is to sacrifice oneself. In politics, there is no I or mine. Here the nation comes first. This is very There is a big difference. The society also accepts the nation first person.”
- The PM further says, “Politics does not mean elections. Politics does not mean victory or defeat. Politics means service to the people. Everyone is needed in politics. There is a need for change in people’s lives. If you are a policy maker. You can bring about change in people’s lives. You can change situations by implementing policies. If you do it with good intentions, you can see results.”
- PM Modi also talked about human values. He said, “When I became the Chief Minister, I had a speech. At that time I had publicly said that I make mistakes. I am also a human being. I am not a god.” He said, “We all make mistakes. But humans should learn from their mistakes. Take a lesson and move forward.”
- The Prime Minister said, “It is not necessary that a leader should be one who gives eloquent speeches. This goes on for a few days. Applause is heard. But ultimately liveliness works. The art of communication is more important than the art of speech.”
- In the podcast interview, PM Modi also remembered his school days. He told that he was a normal student in his childhood. Was normal in studies. There was nothing in him that anyone would notice. Modi says, “Of course, I was a normal boy, but the teachers loved me very much. I was normal in studies. If I had to study more. There is a competition element in it, then I used to run away from it.”
- During this, PM Modi narrated an anecdote on failure. Modi said, “I spent money to get information about Sainik School. With the information I got in English language, I reached a person in the village. He gave detailed information about the school. Since then, Sainik School was in my mind. At that time I felt like a failure for the first time.” He said that failure comes in life. It is part of life.
