Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone for several developmental projects in Gujarat. After the inauguration, the prime minister addressed a rally in Bhavnagar and reiterated
the need for self-reliance.
“Today, India is moving forward with the spirit of ‘Vishwabandhu’. We have no major enemy in the world. Our biggest enemy is our dependence on other countries. This is our biggest enemy, and together we must defeat this enemy of India, the enemy of dependence,” he said.
“The greater the foreign dependence, the greater the country’s failure. For global peace, stability, and prosperity, the country with the world’s largest population must become Atmanirbhar. If we remain dependent on others, our self-respect will be hurt. We cannot leave the future of 1.4 billion countrymen to others,” added the Prime Minister.
#WATCH | Gujarat | Addressing a public rally in Bhavnagar, PM Modi says, “Duniya mein koi hamara bada dushman nahi hai. Agar hamara koi dushman hai toh woh hai dusre deshon par hamari nirbharta…”
“Today, India is moving forward with the spirit of ‘Vishwabandhu’. We have no… pic.twitter.com/f6zNRbN9Rc
— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2025
The Prime Minister further said that we cannot leave India’s development on other countries, and put the future generations at stake
“There is only one medicine for a hundred sorrows, and that is a self-reliant India,” he said.
PM Modi’s remark comes amid the growing concern after US President Donald Trump announced a change in the application fee for H-1B visa.
Anyone who will be applying for the H-1B visa now will have to pay $100,000 as an application fee, an amount which is reportedly more than the median annual salary of a fresh H-1B visa holder.
