The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed gratitude to the people of India as he enters the 25th year of serving as the head of a government.

Recalling his journey since taking oath as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on this day in 2001, the Prime Minister said that it has been his constant endeavour to improve the lives of people and contribute to the progress of the nation.

The Prime Minister said that he was entrusted with the responsibility of being Gujarat’s Chief Minister in very testing circumstances.

The state was suffering due to a massive earthquake that year and had also faced a super cyclone, successive droughts and political instability in the preceding years.

He said these challenges strengthened the resolve to serve people and rebuild Gujarat with renewed vigour and hope.

Shri Modi remembered his mother’s words when he took oath as Chief Minister, that he should always work for the poor and never take a bribe.

He said he had assured people that whatever he does will be with the best intent and inspired by the vision to serve the very last person in the queue.