PM Modi's 'Mann ki Baat': As it happened on June 25, 2017

PM Modi tweets:

Here is today's #MannKiBaat programme. https://t.co/WHUtPFj9Z1

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2017

PM Modi signs off.

Sports has several benefits. Those who play, shine. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/1meSI1Rb9k

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 25, 2017

Children should be encouraged to pursue sports if they are inclined towards it, says PM.

PM Modi congratulates badminton player ​Kidambi Srikanth​ for his accomplishments.

Srikanth recently won the Indonesia Open. He has made the nation proud, he says.

PM lauds ISRO scientists for their achievements.

Giving a book or a Khadi product always helps. It is long lasting. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/ffRYqIlMX3

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 25, 2017

Giving a book or a Khadi product always helps. It is long lasting, says PM.

Dr Anil Sonara from Ahmedabad asks the Prime Minister on reading and giving books as gifts.

On 21st June, the rays of the sun were welcomed with people practising Yoga, says PM.

I too had opportunity to participate in Yoga event in Lucknow, but I also had good fortune to practice Yoga in rain for first time. In Ahmedabad, Gujarat: 55,000 people performed Yoga together and created new world record, he adds.

Yoga is about fitness and wellness, PM Modi emphasises.

PM Narendra Modi recalls former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's poem on Emergency.

We need to remember the things which harm democracy and move forward in positive direction, he says. 

Emergency imposed on this day in 1975 will be remembered for the way in which people came together to safeguarded democracy. Those who love democracy, can never forget the dark night of 25th June,1975, says PM.

Believers of democracy fought prolonged war and great nation that India is where spirit of democracy pervades very being of all people, he adds.

Prakash Triparhi wrote to me, asked me to talk about the Emergency.

PM Modi talks about Emergency, says 'eternal vigilance is the price of liberty'.

The movement to clean India is a mass movement. It is no longer restricted to governments alone, says PM Modi.

We have to work together for a clean India. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/NuzNC3m3Bk

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 25, 2017

They said, instead spend the money on other development works. We will build the toilets through our own resources, says PM. 

In this holy month of Ramzan, I came across a very inspiring incident at Mubarakpur village of Bijnor in UP, says PM Modi.

People in a village in Bijnor did not accept money from the administration to build toilets. They did it themselves. This is heartening, he adds.

PM Modi greets everyone on Eid.

India's diversity is its uniqueness and strength. Holy Month of Ramzan is observed with reverence. Heartiest greetings to all on Eid, says PM. 

PM Modi begins 33rd edition of his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat'. 

Car festival of Lord Jagannath, Rath Yatra being celebrated in several parts of country with great piety and fervour, says PM Modi.

Lord Jagannath is attached with the poor, he adds.