As a custom on the Independence Day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the Indian population at the Red Fort in Delhi.
The Prime Minister greeted people the crowd as well as the millions watching through their TV sets by saying, “Dear citizens, I greet you on the 63rd anniversary of our independence. When Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the Tricolour on this historic Red Fort, on 15th August, 1947, he called himself the first servant of India. I address you today in the same spirit of service.”
The Prime Minister also addressed in his speech, the key issues such as poverty, Naxal violence and the importance of Commonwealth Games for the country.
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