Four letters-HOPE define India's success story: Modi in SA

Johannesburg: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, addressed an Indian diaspora rally organized at the Ticket Pro Dome in Johannesburg. Urging the massive crowd to visit the country to witness development, Modi said that India’s success story can be defined in just 4 letters "HOPE" where H stands for Harmony, O for Optimism, P is Potential and E defines Energy.

Mentioning that India has historical relations with South Africa, Modi said that Mahatma Gandhi conceptualised his politics in the country as he started Satyagraha in SA.

Modi added that South Africa transformed Mohandas into Mahatma.

Modi on India-South Africa connect:

• It was in South Africa that Mahatma Gandhi conceptualised his politics. This is the birth place of Satyagraha. South Africa transformed Mohandas into Mahatma
• Alongside their African brothers & sisters, generations of Indians fought, suffered & sacrificed so that SA could breathe freely
• Beauty of Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu and Telugu continues to enrich the fabric of South African society

Modi’s message to Indians in South Africa:

• From across the vast Indian Ocean, I bring with me the warm wishes of 1.25 billion Indians
• Visit India to see the transformation that is taking place
• Transformation that aims to uplift India's 1.25 billion people, its 500 cities & its 600 thousand villages
• We launched e-visa for South Africa to make VISA availability easier that too without any cost

PM Modi on India’s economic growth and trade relations with SA

• India is the best place for those who want to innovate and create, trade and invest
• We live in an age of global challenges
• Our partnership with South Africa stresses on fight against terrorism, piracy, AIDS and Ebola
• We are active drivers of regional partnership. Together we can create new values for our friends in Africa
• India and South Africa together can create new enterprise, new skills and new social values
• We are doing well in the development and business partnerships. Together we can create new skills, enterprises and social values
• South Africa is working for the safety and economy progress of its country
• South Africa will find India as a sustainable and reliable partner
• We are aiming to register over 8% growth in the coming years
• There is a wave of new momentum in our villages, our cities are full of enterprise and energy, and citizens are full of optimism
• The change is not just on paper, but also visible on the ground. There is a new momentum in villages in India
• We want our youth to meet the global need of skilled manpower. The mindset of our people are also changing and it is good for the nation
• India like South Africa is a young nation. Want our youth to be the engine that pulls our society. We are working to skill the youth
• India registered a healthy growth rate of 7.4% this year. We are a bright spot on global economy