NRIs are India's brand ambassadors: ENTERTAINIC REPORT
INDIAN ENTERTAINIC NEWS REPORT
VARANASI: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
on Tuesday described NRIs as India's brand ambassadors and said they were the symbols of the country's capabilities.
The prime minister was inaugurating the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi.
I consider NRIs India's brand ambassadors. They are the symbols of our capacities and capabilities," he told the gathering.
"People of Indian origin are in leadership roles in countries such as Mauritius, Portugal and Ireland
Modi also alluded to
Rajiv Gandhi
's comment that only 15 paise of Re 1 reaches masses and said the Congress government had done nothing to stop the leakage.
For the first time, the three-day convention is being organised from January 21 to 23 instead of January 9 to allow participants to visit the
Kumbh Mela
in Allahabad and attend the
Republic Day
parade in the national capital..