Bengaluru represents India’s start-up spirit: PM Modi

TIL Desk/National/Bengaluru/ Hailing the contribution of Karnataka to the country’s development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Bengaluru city represents the country’s start-up spirit which has placed India in a separate league.   He began his speech by paying rich tributes to the great leaders from the land of Karnataka during a programme at the inauguration of the ‘Statue of Prosperity’ in Bengaluru.

 “I am fortunate to have arrived in Bengaluru on a very special day. It’s a day on which falls the birth anniversary of two great sons of the nation- Sant Kanaka Das and Maharshi Valmiki. I pay my tributes to both of them,” said PM Modi. The Prime Minister said today is the big day for Karnataka as it gets Vande Bharat Express, Bharat Gaurav Kashi Yatra train and a world-class airport terminal.

He said the 108 feet tall statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda will inspire Indians to built their identity globally as leaders. “Today, Karnataka got its first Vande Bharat Express train. Along with that, a new terminal at Bengaluru airport was inaugurated which was the requirement of the people of Bengaluru,” said PM Modi.