'Want to build 'Iron Man' memorial, bigger than State of Liberty'

September 15, 2013 14:53

Narendra Modi appeals to the armed forces to mobolise the youth to cast their votes. "Casting your vote is also a way of serving the nation. When we get the right to vote, many of us don't appreciate the gift of our constitution."

He invokes his dream of building a Sardar Patel memorial in his address.

Modi said that the tallest statue is in the US -- the Statue of Liberty. "India needs to make a bigger statue -- the statue of unity." He appeals to the armed forces to contribute to the Iron Man memorial. "I want a piece of iron from every village - iron that is used to till the land in villages."

Modi ended his speech with chants of Bharat Mata ki Jai and Vande Mataram.

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