New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to allay the exam fears of students by saying that the Union Budget to be presented on Monday is a big examination for him that he needs to pass.
“I have an exam tomorrow,” he said as he tried to motivate students. He even roped in icons like Sachin Tendulkar and Vishwanathan Anand.
Mr Modi, who admitted to feeling “tension” sometimes, said he was “full of confidence” ahead of his “examination” by 125 crore people, a trait which he wanted students to emulate when they appear for their examinations for Class X and XII starting Tuesday.
In his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, he emphasised that students should appear for the exams with a “positive approach” having free and calm mind without any anxiety. He also asked parents not to put pressure on them.
In this context, he cited his example in the context of presentation of Budget which all the countrymen closely monitor and analyse.
“Friends, your exams are starting. I too have exam tomorrow. The country’s 125 crore people are going to take my examination,” the Prime Minister said, while pointing out that Budget is being presented tomorrow.
“But you must have seen how healthy I am feeling, how full of confidence I am. Let my exams take place tomorrow and yours day after and may all of us succeed so that the nation succeeds... Move ahead with a free mind, without any tension of success or failure,” he said in his 35-minute programme. The PM also urged students to use yoga to calm down.
