We looked Modi’s recent episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ and found the video, which was live streamed on YouTube on 28 August.
In the video, Modi starts talking about malnutrition in India at around 11 minute 53 seconds timestamp mark.
At 12:52, he says, “Can you imagine, how songs, music and bhajans can also be used to solve the problem of malnutrition? It was successfully used in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia district under the ‘Mera Bachha Campaign’. For this campaign, bhajan-kirtans were organised in the district and nutrition gurus were called in.”
We also found an English transcript of this latest episode which, too, carries the same translation and highlights everything that Modi said about malnutrition.
Nowhere in the episode does Modi directly says that devotional songs reduce the issue of malnutrition in the country. It was projected as a method to create awareness.
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