00:01my dear fellow countrymen today I speak to you as an Indian deeply concerned by
00:09the impact of the Iran war oil prices are rising sea trade routes are blocked the
00:18energy that powers our kitchen and homes the fertilizers that nourishes our field
00:25and crops the fuel that drives our industries and vehicles all have gotten more expensive in
00:33response more than 60 countries have already imposed energy-saving rules we recently heard
00:42Singapore's Prime Minister asking his people to prepare for tough times ahead we are much larger
00:53country and our Prime Minister has asked us to save energy over the next year in moments like this
01:03national responsibility must rise above party politics as mr. Vajpayee famously said governments
01:17will come and go but the nation shall remain during the 1962 China war we donated gold from our homes
01:28to
01:28support our soldiers fighting at the border in 1965 when India did not have enough food grains Lal Bahadur
01:39Shastri ji asked citizens to skip one meal a week for the for the whole nation today India does not
01:49need such
01:49sacrifice surely we must do this for a country when our parents did much more as a centrist I must
02:02also
02:02acknowledge good work irrespective of my political alliances under Prime Minister's leadership India's solar and
02:14wind energy capacity has increased over the last decade I'm encouraged by recent investments in coal
02:24global gasification renewable and nuclear energy these are important steps to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and gas at
02:38the same time
02:40sacrifice cannot be expected only from citizens governments to or share the burden therefore I request the Prime Minister to
02:52convene a national
02:53national summit of all chief ministers both the central and state governments should work together to protect the common man
03:04and do two
03:06things immediately first state taxes like VAT on petrol and diesel should be reduced and secondly train Metro and bus
03:19fares should also be reduced so that more
03:22people can shift away from private vehicles remember every unit of energy saved today strengthens India tomorrow and every drop
03:36of oil saved protects the poorest Indian from inflation
03:43geopolitics will affect pedestrians on the street as much as the high-flying rich but if we face this crisis
03:54together India will and can emerge stronger
04:01Jai Hind
04:11Jai Hind
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