New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly asked his security officials not to put up an umbrella if it rains during his maiden Independence Day address to nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on Friday.
"If it rains, the PM has asked that no umbrella should be put up and he will continue his speech in rain," NDTV has quotes its sources as saying.
The prime minister is all set to deliver his first speech from the historic Mughal-era monument without a script. Reports suggest that he will carry with him just a set of bullet points as a teleprompter or a prepared speech would not help him connect with audience.
He will be the first prime minister in the history of the country to address the nation without notes.
63-year-old Modi is considered to be good orator who can deliver long speeches without prepared text and can keep his audience engaged.
The speech, which may last anywhere between 45 minutes and one hour, is expected to be full of information. Modi is likely to inform people about the achievements of his government in last two months.
Modi had asked his four ministers to help him with what he plans to speak in front of the citizens. HRD Minister Smriti Irani, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Power Minister Piyush Goyal and Fertilizers Minister Ananth Kumar were given the responsibility to prepare a blue-print Modi's speech.
He is scheduled to reach the historic fort at around 7 am and will unfurl the national flag after a guard of honour by armed forces.
More than 10,000 people, for the first time, will get free seats at the Independence Day function.
It may be recalled that on August 14 last year, Modi had challenged that his speech in Gujarat, as chief minister, on August 15 would be as much recognised as that of Manmohan Singh who was the prime minister at that time.
On that occasion, fully enthusiastic crowd had speculated that Modi's next Independence Day speech would be at Delhi's Red Fort.
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