Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation for the 78th time today through his monthly radio program 'Mann Ki Baat'. The Prime Minister started the Mann Ki Baat program by talking about the Tokyo Olympics.
Prime Minister Modi urged people to participate in the ongoing quiz on the Olympics on the MyGov app. Along with this, he paid tribute to legendary sprinter Milkha Singh.
"When talking about the Olympics, how can we not remember Milkha Singh Ji. When he was hospitalised, I got a chance to speak to him, I had requested him to motivate the athletes going for Tokyo Olympics," said Modi.
Along with this, Prime Minister Modi also appreciated and discussed the struggle and hard work of the athletes, ready to take part in the Tokyo Olympics. He appreciated how athletes did not let their preparations get affected even in the absence of facilities. PM Modi also appealed to the countrymen to encourage the players. He urged everyone to not create any kind of pressure on the athletes.
"Pravin Jadhav of Satara district in Maharastra is an outstanding archer. His parents work as labourers and now Jadhav is going to participate in his first Olympics in Tokyo," he said.
"Every player going to Tokyo has had one’s own share of struggle, and years of toil. They are going not only for themselves but for the country. Friends, there are numerous such names, but in Mann Ki Baat, today I have been able to mention only a few," said Modi.
PM Modi shifted focus to the world's largest vaccination drive being conducted in India and speaks to people who have been influenced by rumours.
"Rumour mongers will keep spreading it but we've to save lives, countrymen. Don't remain under the delusion that COVID19 has got over, it is a kind of disease in which the virus keeps changing its form. We must have confidence in our scientists who developed vaccines", said PM Modi.