Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made the record in delivering the shortest speech from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort in last four years. This 57 minutes speech is also the shortest speech in Independence day.
Last year, he had spoken for 96 minutes, the longest ever Independence Day address by an Indian Prime Minister.In his radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’ last month, Modi said he had received letters from people complaining that his Independence Day speeches were “a little too long” and promised to make a shorter speech.
He spoke for over 65 minutes in 2014 and 86 minutes in 2015.While he delivered speeches that lasted 50 minutes only on two occasions – 2005 and 2006, during remaining eight years, his speech ranged from 32 to 45 minutes.
Modi’s party colleague and the first BJP Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee spoke for 30-35 minutes in his Independence Day addresses.
On August 2002, he delivered a speech that lasted 25 minutes, while in 2003 he gave a 30-minute address from the historic 17th-century Mughal monument.
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