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Some broken, some kept: A look at the promises made by PM Modi on August 15

Will the Modi govt's delivery on the announcements the PM made from the ramparts of the Red Fort see him romp home in the 2019 general elections?

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Narendra Modi

Ankur Bhardwaj New Delhi
On August 15, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Delhi. This will be his fifth such address after becoming Prime Minister in 2014, and his last before he goes to seek another term in the general elections next year -- if they are held on schedule.

The Independence Day address made by the Prime Minister every year is important not only because of the occasion, but also because it presents the PM a chance to inform the citizens of the state of the nation and provides