I-Day: 'PM Modi's speech was given during a crucial period for world in which we live'

"There are also some rumours that the BJP and the RSS are not working together"

- JAYANTA GHOSAL

Andy Marino, a biographer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wrote in his book that in September 2006, a party member spoke anonymously to a journalist at the BJP national headquarters in Delhi. "We're just biding time till the real leader can take over and can fix the mess," that man told the journalist. He also added that "Only Narendra Bhai can save us." Modi was announced as the BJP's official prime ministerial candidate seven years after the rumoured admission that the party needed him to fix the "mess" and after months of conjecture following his appointment as the chairman of the BJP election campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

The years after 2014 seemed to fly by Narendra Modi gave his 12th speech from the Red Fort during the second half of his tenure on Wednesday. The speech was given during a crucial period for the world in which we live.

First, demonstrating his unpredictable behaviour, the US President Donald Trump chose to launch an irrational trade war against India and the entire world during his second term in office. China is just as embarrassed and agitated as the US's longstanding diplomatic allies, including Canada, Japan, the European Union, and other European nations.