Message from PM Modi’s Rajya Sabha speech: Reforms will continue and none will be left behind Prime Minister defends farm reforms, says India can achieve great things if it comes together as one February 08, 2021 / 05:16 PM IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in the joint session of Parliament on February 8 in the Rajya Sabha. In his 75-minute-long speech, Modi crystallised and encapsulated his government’s achievements and vision for the country. That Modi is an orator and communicator par excellence is established, especially in the past six years, and his speech in the upper house had a measured restraint which only amplified the gravity of the speech and topics he dealt upon.