PM Modi's Speech At The Indian Community Reception At SAP Centre San Jose, California

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the 21st century belongs to India and the world has begun to acknowledge the fact, as he addressed an 18,000-strong cheering crowd of Indian community members at the SAP Centre here.

 

Modi, in an over hour-long address to a "Modi, Modi” chanting crowd, also said that terrorism and climate change are the main challenges facing the world and urged all nations to unite in facing the twin threats.

 

In a rock star reception like the one he had received at Madison Square Garden last year, Modi also asked the crowd for a "certificate" of his performance in the 16 months he has been in power.

 

He said the world now acknowledges that the 21st century belongs to India, to loud cheers.

 

“Sometime ago India was striving to join with the world, but today the times have changed and the world is thirsting to join with India," he said.

 

He also said he will give his every moment and every particle of his body in working for India's betterment.

 

Asking the crowd for a certificate of his 16 months in power, Modi asked the rapturous crowd: "Did I live up to my promises, working day and night, and the responsibility that I have undertaken...Have I lived up to that?" to loud cheers and chants of "Modi, Modi".