10 issues PM Modi discussed in his Independence Day speech

Recalling the the freedom struggle, the Prime Minister said the same zeal should be adopted in dealing effectively with the challenge of poverty."We should fight like we did for independence. We fought together. We were not separated then. Which government was with us? What kind of weapons did we have? There was one Gandhi, one Sardar and lakhs of independent fighters," he said. Modi stressed that despite all the inadequacies, "such a big empire" was defeated and foreign powers were forced to leave the country.