Felt empty without addressing countrymen: PM Modi

Addressing his maiden Mann Ki Baat after the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed the loneliness of not being able to address the nation. He also expressed happiness over the messages written by the citizens saying that they miss Mann Ki Baat.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday returned with his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann ki Baat' and claimed he felt empty without the addressing the nation.

It was the first edition of his popular monthly radio address after Bharatiya Janata Party's mega victory in the Lok Sabha election.

• Four months, thousands of letters, mails and suggestions…
  
  It has been a long time.
  
  I have missed #MannKiBaat and am glad we have once again connected through the radio.
  
  Here are some thoughts on the last four months. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/02DzJ3bCx6

  — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 30, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Four months, thousands of letters, mails and suggestions…
  
  It has been a long time.
  
  I have missed #MannKiBaat and am glad we have once again connected through the radio.
  
  Here are some thoughts on the last four months. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/02DzJ3bCx6

  — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 30, 2019

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  Four months, thousands of letters, mails and suggestions…
  
  It has been a long time.
  
  I have missed #MannKiBaat and am glad we have once again connected through the radio.
  
  Here are some thoughts on the last four months. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/02DzJ3bCx6

  — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 30, 2019

"The rigours of elections called for hectic preoccupation, but one thing that was missing was the sheer joy of Mann Ki Baat," Modi said.

"We would listen, we would re-iterate; at times our expressions would turn into an inspiration for someone close to us," he added.

The Prime Minister also commented on his trip to the Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand right before the counting day, and said that his secluded time in the cave allowed him to compensate for the emptiness caused by not being able to address the nation.

"I shall not reveal other things today, but I certainly want to tell you that perhaps in that solitary cave, I got an opportunity to fill up the vacuum caused due to the long pause that Mann Ki Baat had to go through," he said.

He also expressed happiness over the messages written by the citizens saying that they miss Mann Ki Baat.