PM Modi lauds Indian journalist Palki Sharma’s Oxford Union speech – Video goes viral
PM Modi lauds Indian journalist
Palki Sharma’s Oxford Union speech – Video goes viral
PM Modi showered praises on Indian Journalist Palki Sharma for her address at the Oxford Union in which she contended in favour of how “Modi’s India is on the right path.”
After the speech surfaced on social media and went viral, Sharma took to X (formerly Twitter) to clarify that the remarks were made more than a year ago, but mentioned how “overwhelmed” she was to see her speech resonating “with so many of you.”
Taking to his X PM Modi in response to her post , “You have given a wonderful glimpse of the massive transformations taking place across India.
She went on to mention that the debate is on India’s Path tonight, and she could wrap her argument in one sentence borrowed from the White House: ‘Go to New Delhi and see it for yourself’,” she began with reference to a June 2023 statement by John Kirby, the White House’s National Security Communications Advisor.
Recollecting an incident, Sharma then spoke on “three of the many developments” in India she would go on to list: financial inclusion, internet and mobile penetration, and growing airport traffic.
She continued that she has lived in many Indias every India where exciting political and positions were abandoned.
The undetermined India, where decisions were taken based on global opinions. And today, a more confident India where the world comes for leadership and inspiration. Indians are prosperous at home and hence more confident abroad.
Recounting the country as a “soft-power giant,” and, at the same time, “no longer a timid democracy that tolerates terrorism or betrayal,” Sharma recalled the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) strikes inside Pakistan’s Balakot in retaliation to the February 2019 Pulwama terrorist attack.
In her address, which went on for over 13 minutes, she also talked about India’s “new approach,” i.e., “not just putting more money in the pocket, it’s about empowering people,” and backed her argument with numbers.
Sharma then mentioned Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, James Marape, touching PM Modi’s feet, and called this a “vote of thanks” for India sending Covid-19 vaccines to various nations, including PNG.
She also pointed to the progress in Jammu and Kashmir post the August 2019 abrogation of Article 370.
In conclusion she asserted that to judge a country’s path, you have to be able to separate agenda-driven narrative from facts. For any country, there is always a wrong path…enough dictators and autocrats have shown us. But there is no single right path. As long as democracy and Constitution are respected, she would say, to each their own. It is wrong to judge one country on the parameters of another. Finally, the hallmark of the right direction is the public approval, Do the people think you are on the right path? The people of India answered that question in 2019. There was a rapturous applause from the audience.
News Edit K.V.Raman
