Explained: Why PM Modi Kept His Independence Day Speech Short

He spoke for over 65 minutes in 2014, 86 minutes in 2015 and 94 minutes in 2016. (INFO/IANS) (PICS/BJP LIVE Twitter)

Living up to his promise, Modi spoke for over 54 minutes, which was shortest since 2014.

Modi in his July Mann Ki Baat address had promised to keep his Independence Day speech short.

During his last Mann Ki Baat -- a monthly radio programme, Modi said he had received letters from people complaining that his Independence Day speeches were "a little too long".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on Tuesday from the Red Fort here on Independence Day was his shortest so far in the last four years.