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‘Mere pyare deshwasiyon’ leads Modi’s 13th Independence Day speech
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used “Mere pyare deshwasiyon” nearly 40 times in his 13th Independence Day speech on Saturday, making it his most frequent form of address. “Sathiyon” appeared 10 times. Modi…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi used “Mere pyare deshwasiyon” nearly 40 times in his 13th Independence Day speech on Saturday, making it his most frequent form of address. “Sathiyon” appeared 10 times. Modi also referred once each to “mere pyare yuva”, “desh sevak” and “bhai beheno”, including a call to young people to help free the country from drugs and other addictions.
The pattern has shifted across recent Independence Day speeches. “Deshwashiyon” appeared about 50 times in 2025, around 30 times in 2024, nearly 15 times in 2023 and over 40 times in 2022, PTI reported. In 2023, “parivaarjan” was used about 50 times. “Sathiyon” appeared around 35 times in 2025 and nearly 30 times in 2024.
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Reading speech word counts as a direct measure of public connection can become a lazy political narrative. Repeated greetings show a chosen style, not whether listeners accept the message or its policy claims. The more useful test is whether calls such as the appeal against drug addiction lead to measurable action, including prevention and treatment figures, rather than another annual count of familiar phrases.
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