Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked Indians to shun leisure trips abroad, avoid getting married overseas and refrain from buying gold unless necessary. The prime minister is currently in Bishkek for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, as part of his visit to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
In a selfie-style video message, PM Modi congratulated the country on recording 7.8% economic growth and spoke of the need to promote self-reliance and give greater emphasis to swadeshi products.
“Foreign trips, if you are going for leisure, you should not go. If you are getting married abroad, you should not do so. And if it is not necessary, you should not buy gold either,” PM Modi said.
“The more we emphasise swadeshi, the more we emphasise self-reliance, I have firm faith that when it is 100 years of independence, we will present a developed India to our young generation,” he said.
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