NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday defended his trademark hugs with world leaders, pronouncing he used to be ignorant of laid down protocols as he is a commonplace guy and this has transform his power, as his openness used to be appreciated via the world leaders.
Modi additionally stated his fundamental nature has been "to convert adversity into opportunity".
Days after being mocked via the Congress over his hugs, Modi stated in a TV interview had he been "trained", he too would have followed the laid down protocols of shaking fingers and "looking left and right" with world leaders.
"I do not know all the protocols as I am a common man. The openness of this common man is liked by the world. Friendly relations come in handy," he stated in an interview to Zee information.
He additional stated, "Had I been trained like others ... I too would have followed those protocols of looking right and left, had shaken hands. But I am an ordinary person ... I only try to ensure that no harm ever happens to my country (due to this),"
A couple of days in the past, the Congress had posted a tweet mocking Modi for hugging world leaders, evoking a pointy response from the BJP that slammed it as "immature" and demanded an apology.
"When I became the prime minister, there was criticism that Modi neither knows nor understands anything which is outside Gujarat...," Modi stated.
"Everybody used to ask me how will I conduct my foreign policy. And in a way, this criticism was right because I did not have any experience. I got the benefit of not having experience. I did not have any baggage," he stated.
Asked how he feels when he stands next to world leaders, he stated, "My only feeling is that it is not Narendra Modi who is standing there but the representative of 1.25 billion people".
Modi additionally stated his fundamental nature has been "to convert adversity into opportunity".
Days after being mocked via the Congress over his hugs, Modi stated in a TV interview had he been "trained", he too would have followed the laid down protocols of shaking fingers and "looking left and right" with world leaders.
"I do not know all the protocols as I am a common man. The openness of this common man is liked by the world. Friendly relations come in handy," he stated in an interview to Zee information.
He additional stated, "Had I been trained like others ... I too would have followed those protocols of looking right and left, had shaken hands. But I am an ordinary person ... I only try to ensure that no harm ever happens to my country (due to this),"
A couple of days in the past, the Congress had posted a tweet mocking Modi for hugging world leaders, evoking a pointy response from the BJP that slammed it as "immature" and demanded an apology.
"When I became the prime minister, there was criticism that Modi neither knows nor understands anything which is outside Gujarat...," Modi stated.
"Everybody used to ask me how will I conduct my foreign policy. And in a way, this criticism was right because I did not have any experience. I got the benefit of not having experience. I did not have any baggage," he stated.
Asked how he feels when he stands next to world leaders, he stated, "My only feeling is that it is not Narendra Modi who is standing there but the representative of 1.25 billion people".
I am a common man, leaders like my openness: Modi on his hugs
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