Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that decisions and policies taken in the last nine years show that they have taken the country in the right direction. He was addressing the inaugural event of the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) complex at Delhi’s Pragati Maidan on Wednesday. PM Modi inaugurated the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) complex and unveiled its new name, Bharat Mandapam. The revamped complex was developed at a cost of about Rs 2,700 crore and has a campus area of approximately 123 acres, PTI reported.


Notably, the IECC complex has been developed as India's largest MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) destination. The IECC Complex finds its place among the top exhibition and convention complexes in the world in terms of the covered space available for events.


Here are top quotes from PM Modi’s speech.



  • Today 'Bharat Mandapam' is in front of my countrymen.  From economy to ecology & trade to tech this 'Bharat Mandapam' will act as a big stage for everything

  • Some people have a tendency to comment and stop good works. When 'Kartavya Path' was being built, many things were running on the front page of newspapers as breaking news. It was raised in courts as well, but when it was constructed, the same people said that it is good. I am sure the 'Toli' will also accept 'Bharat Mandapam' and it is also possible that they might come here to deliver a lecture in a seminar. 

  • In my third term, India will be among the top three economies in the world...Yeh Modi ki guarantee hai. 

  • We will have to think big to be developed, will have to achieve great targets. That is why adopting the principle of think big, dream big, act big, India is fast marching ahead. 

  • In the last 5 years, 13.5 crore people have come out of poverty. International agencies are also saying that extreme poverty in India is on the verge of ending. This shows that the decisions and policies that have been made in the last 9 years, are taking the country in the right direction.