Navsari, September 8, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers had continued to follow the path of public service despite receiving electoral support for several years and had not become “intoxicated with power”.
Addressing a public meeting in Gujarat’s Navsari after inaugurating a BJP office, PM Modi noted that the district had repeatedly demonstrated its support for the party, with several generations of voters now backing the BJP.
“Think about it: for so many years, you have given the BJP votes in abundance. You have not looked back. Perhaps two or three generations have now become voters supporting the BJP,” he said.
The Prime Minister added, “But the speciality is that even the smallest BJP worker has not become intoxicated with power. After receiving so much love for so many years, they have still firmly followed the path of service.”
Referring to Navsari’s electoral record, PM Modi recalled that voters in the district had sent Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil to Parliament with what he described as the “highest number of votes” in the country.
“The whole country wonders, where is Navsari? You are people who do such remarkable things,” he said.
PM Modi said sustained electoral success should not make party workers complacent.
“When someone achieves so much and receives so much love, one might think, ‘Now let us lean back a little and rest.’ But no, this is the Bharatiya Janata Party. For us, rest is forbidden,” he said.
He emphasised that the organisation’s work was not limited to electoral politics and that BJP workers continued to undertake public-service activities at the grassroots.
Citing cleanliness drives across Navsari district, the Prime Minister said campaigns had been conducted village by village with public participation. He said government agencies could carry out routine work, but changes achieved through people’s participation were more lasting.
“It is natural for the government to carry out small and large works through government mechanisms. But when change comes through the strength of ordinary people, that change becomes permanent. That change creates new confidence,” he added.
PM Modi also linked the BJP’s organisational culture to a broader emphasis on service, saying positions, power, prestige and the organisation itself should be treated as instruments of public service.
“For us, the path of service; power too for service; the organisation too for service; positions too for service; prestige too for service; the system too for service; service of every individual,” he said.
The Prime Minister said the newly inaugurated office in Navsari should carry forward this approach and serve as a point of contact for citizens.
He said the office should become “a refuge for those in distress” and that “a ray of hope against injustice” should emerge from it.
“Constructing a building is not difficult,” PM Modi said, stressing that the more important task was to expand the tradition of service associated with the organisation and reach people who had remained outside its fold.
He said the office should be inclusive and work to address the problems of all sections of society.
“It should be inclusive. It should be beneficial to all. It should work to resolve the problems of every section of society. When such a role is established, we change the situation,” the Prime Minister added.
PM Modi concluded by calling for continued work towards Navsari’s development and urged BJP workers to regard the district as one family, with every citizen treated as someone to whom they owed a responsibility of service.
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