'Even Ganesh Idols Come From Abroad': PM Modi Bats For 'Make In India' Over Foreign Goods

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 18:30 IST

Prime Minister Modi, astatine an municipality lawsuit successful Gandhinagar, criticized importing Ganesh idols, urging citizens to enactment section products for economical and taste benefits.

Prime Minister Modi addresses during solemnisation of 20 years of Gujarat's Urban Growth Story and motorboat of 'Urban Development Year, 2025', successful Gandhinagar. (PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday urged citizens to take Indian-made products alternatively of overseas alternatives. He gave the illustration of Ganesh idols, which helium stated are often imported from abroad.

Prime Minister Modi made these comments portion speaking astatine an municipality improvement lawsuit successful Gandhinagar, during a two-day sojourn to his location authorities of Gujarat.

Highlighting the value of supporting section craftsmen, helium encouraged radical to halt selling overseas goods, adjacent if it means earning little profit. “We indispensable promote colony traders to pledge that nary substance however overmuch nett they make, they volition not merchantability overseas goods," helium said.

PM Modi noted that adjacent Ganesh idols are present being imported. “Ganesh idols travel from abroad, small-eyed Ganesh idols whose eyes don’t adjacent unfastened properly," helium added.

“During Holi, radical accidental they privation to dispersed colors, but overseas products support coming," PM Modi stated.

The Prime Minister besides asked radical to look astatine however galore overseas products they usage each day. He suggested that citizens marque a database of items they usage from greeting to night. He pointed retired that galore daily-use items — similar combs, hairpins, oregon toothpaste — whitethorn beryllium foreign-made without radical adjacent realising.

“For Operation Sindoor, arsenic a citizen, I person a task for you: spell location and marque a database of however galore overseas products you usage successful 24 hours, from greeting till the adjacent morning. You mightiness not adjacent recognize it, sometimes you unknowingly usage overseas items, similar combs oregon hairpins, adjacent toothpaste," helium said.

Earlier successful the day, PM Modi held a roadshow successful Gandhinagar — his archetypal sojourn to Gujarat since Operation Sindoor, India’s subject effect to the April 22 panic onslaught successful Pahalgam. The roadshow began astatine Raj Bhavan and ended astatine Mahatma Mandir.

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Gandhinagar, India, India

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