Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addresses Nepal Parliament: Highlights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day visit to Nepal today, addressed the nation's Constituent Assembly. Here are the highlights:

• The respect that I have got is not for Narendra Modi or the PM of India. It is respect for the people of India.
• Our relations with Nepal are as old as the Himalayas and the Ganga.
• Not only the people of Nepal but also those who believe in the power of democracy are looking at Nepal and this Assembly.
• It's a land where Lord Buddha was born, this country has rich cultural heritage.
• Nepal is a country of brave people.
• A Constitution is not merely a book. It integrates the past, present and the future.
• India is looking at Nepal with hope.
• Proud to be the first guest to address Nepal's Parliament.
• Congratulate you for choosing ballot over bullet.
  
• Not our place to interfere in what you do, but to support you.
• Will do all we can to assist you in your endeavours.
• A Constitution always integrates, it never divides.
• Being your neighbour and seeing our experience as a democracy we feel happy at the direction in which you are going.
• Our only wish is that Nepal's progress reaches as high as the Himalayas.
  
• There was a Samrat Ashok. After war he looked towards Buddha. From Yudh he went towards Buddha.
• India welcomes and respects your Federal Democratic Republic.
• Nepal should become a leading exporter of herbal medicines and we are ready to support you in this.
• Nepal can become a developed nation by supplying power to India.
• Don't want Nepal's electricity for free, want to buy it.
  
• A Constitution has to be made and Nepal has to be taken to new heights and we are ready to support you as a neighbour.
• Let us think about how the Himalayas can help humankind.
• Together SAARC nations should wage a war against poverty and we should help each other in that.
• The border should be a bridge, not a barrier.
• The bridge over Mahakali River will reduce the distance between us.
• We are so close. Still it took 17 years. I assure you this will not happen again. I am coming back again for the SAARC summit.