The Human voice has always been a powerful weapon throughout the history. A leader's speech should inspire people to do better and be better.
Leader's speech should motivate people during the crisis of the country besides the problem, leaders also faces the task of reassuring the public and persuading them to follow government decisions.
Leader's speech should help people to understand the current emergency situation.
There is an English proverb, "Cometh the hour, Cometh the man".
Soon after Lal Bhadhur Shasdri took over the prime ministership after Nehru's death India was attacked by Pakistan in the year of 1965. At that time there were lots restless situation for the country, Even there was a lot of scarcity of food grains.
In this situation Prime Minister Lal Bahadhur Shastri addressed the people in public gathering at Ram Lila Maidan, New Delhi.
Shastri gave slogan "JAI KISAN, JAI JAWAN", meaning "HAIL THE SOLDIER, HAIL THE FARMER, to enthuse soldier to defend the country and therefore the same time cheering farmers to do their best to increase the production of food grains.
"JAI JAWAN, JAI KISAN" reverberates even today in length and breadth of the country.
His historical speech on that day,
"Tomorrow the country will observe the national solidarity day. It was exactly two years ago, that our northern border's were attacked.
This was a surprise sprung quite suddenly, but in that hour of Peril, we saw an upsurge of patriotic feelings throughout the country. Differences of state, caste, creed or language which had often seems superficial to divide us disappeared in a moment.
It was a visible demonstration of the fundamental unity of our people, which has preserved the integrity of India through the ages the whole nation remembers them with feelings of admiration and gratitude.
We have to realize that preservation of the freedom and territorial integrity of the motherland calls for, we are confronted with a nuclear menace in Asia. Something new for this peace loving continent, these are serious developments and you must take due note of them.
Within the country we are going through a period of difficulties the production of food is still inadequate. Harvesting rice has begun and the new paddy and rice will be coming into the market. This will ease the situation in respect of rice for the present it is essential that the district administration should help the supply of adequate seeds manure and similar other facility's water for irrigation purposes is the most important item.
I know we all understand and fully realize that the solution of all our presently food difficulties rice will increase production. It is therefore essential that government officials in districts and others at the state or central level and also the farmers should work hand in hand to produce a much better result. Let us show to the country that we can tackle our problems effectively by our own efforts and perseverance.
This is, thus, a period of travail and of hard labor. We have to make a determined effort as people to raise ourselves above poverty and misery. It may be obvious, but often we seem to forget that it is not the end of a few people, but the hard work of the many that makes the country great and prosperous.
We are passing through a new and revolutionary phase in our history and all the people should stand united as one man as they did before in the hour of peril. I ask you to pledge yourselves and new to the dedicated service of our motherland let us then resolve to the same to mean the challenge of our time with fortitude and determination with a sense of national unity national and purpose".
"JAI JAWAN"
"JAI KISAN"
"JAI HIND"
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