India, Sept. 20 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India's "real enemy" is its dependence on other countries, stressing the need for self-reliance to ensure national strength and global respect.

"We have no major enemy in the world. Our only real enemy is our dependence on other countries. This is our biggest enemy, and together we must defeat this enemy of India, the enemy of dependence," Modi said during his public address in Bhavnagar.

He further elaborated on the need for Atmanirbharta, linking it to national pride and the future of the country. "The greater the foreign dependence, the greater the nation's failure. For global peace, stability, and prosperity, the country with the world's largest population must become ...