Technology has become potential weapon in security apparatus: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (March 12) said that Gandhinagar is becoming a 'vibrant place ' for education, stressing that the city is incubating 'one of its kind' varsities.

Delivering the convocation address at the Rashtriya Raksha University, PM Modi said, "Today, Gandhinagar is becoming a vibrant place for education. There are many universities, includng two, which are the first of its kind in the whole world. Forensic Science University is nowhere in the whole world."

PM Modi also stated that Gandhinagar is the only city in the world with a Children's University.

PM said "Technology has now become a potential weapon in the security apparatus. Mere physical training is not enough to be in the security forces, now specially-abled people can also contribute to the security sector despite not being physically fit."

Speaking about the COVID-19 pandemic, PM Modi said, "We have seen many policemen during the Covid-19 pandemic helping the needy by arranging food and medicines during the lockdown. People saw the humane face of the police."

"After independence, recruitment in law and order needed reforms. Unfortunately, we were left behind. There is a perception about police-stay away from them, the same isn't true about Army. Imperative that Police manpower should be trained in a way that they are amicable with people," PM further stated in a convocation address of RRU in Gandhinagar.

After holding a roadshow in Gandhinagar's Dahegam, the Prime Minister dedicated the building of Rashtriya Raksha University to the nation. Union Minister Amit Shah along with Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel were also present at the varsity.

The roadshow culminated in Gandhinagar's Lavad area today. 

PM Modi's two-day visit to Gujarat began on Friday (March 11) where he held a roadshow from the airport to the BJP office, Kamalam, followed by a meeting with the party leaders in Ahmedabad.

Further, the Prime Minister addressed a Maha-Panchayat Sammelan at GMDC Ground in Ahmedabad and then met his mother Heeraben Modi in Gandhinagar. He also chaired a meeting of the Shree Somnath Trust to discuss the ongoing infrastructure up-gradation measures in the district.

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