Mumbai: On the occasion of 78th Independence Day, PM Modi addressed the countrymen from the ramparts of the Red Fort. PM Modi gave a speech for about 97 minutes. This is the longest speech by any Prime Minister after independence. In the year 1947, the then Prime Minister gave a speech for 72 minutes.

In his speech, PM Modi mentioned many issues including Uniform Civil Code, Developed India 2047, the goals of the current government. However, Shiv Sena (UBT) did not like PM Modi's speech. Shiv Sena (UBT) has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech as boring in its mouthpiece Saamana.

PM Modi's speech was boring: Saamana

Saamana wrote, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people associated with him have never been serious about the country's independence. This is why his speech from the Red Fort on Independence Day was boring. He gave a speech that should have been given in an election campaign rally."

"The PM said that earlier the enemies were entering our country and killing us. This is an insult to our army and security forces. PM Modi should have mentioned the Kargil war and the war that followed," Saamana said.

PM Modi did not mention Manipur incident: Shiv Sena (UBT)

Praising former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the editorial said, "Indira Gandhi marched in tanks to Amritsar without caring about Khalistani terrorists and ultimately sacrificed herself for the country.

Criticising PM Modi for not mentioning even a word about the Manipur crisis, the editorial said, "Violence has been raging in Manipur for three years and Modi has not even pronounced the 'M' of Manipur."

Shivsena (UBT) raised questions on the working of Modi government

The editorial called Narendra Modi's coming to power for the third time a 'coincidence or accident'. It further said, "Before Modi came to power, the country made a lot of progress in the fields of industry, science, trade and agriculture. Nehru built institutions like IIT without getting involved in the temple-mosque dispute."

The Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece further wrote, "PM Modi and his devotees have the reins of an advanced and developed country in their hands, but they have tampered with the Constitution of the country in the last ten years. In the last 10 years, work has been done to put pressure on courts and central agencies and to strangle democracy and opposition parties.