Port Louis/New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the Indian diaspora in Port Louis on Tuesday evening spoke to them at length in Bhojpuri. PM Modi thanked the Prime Minister of Mauritius Navinchandra Ramgoolam for bestowing the nation’s highest civilian honour on him, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean.
“I humbly accept this recognition with the utmost respect. It is an honour for the historical links between India and Mauritius,” he said.
PM Modi is only the fifth foreign personality to receive this honour, which includes anti-apartheid icon and Nobel prize winner Nelson Mandela.