Gandhinagar, Aug. 26 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while inaugurating Maruti-Suzuki's first battery electric vehicle and lithium-ion battery production at Hansalpur in Ahmedabad district on Tuesday, described the friendship between India and Japan as "Made for Each Other," a release from the Gujarat Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said.

He said that from now on, when electric vehicles travel across more than 100 countries with "Made in India" written on them, it will be a matter of pride for all of us.

While encouraging "Vocal for Local" and defining "Swadeshi," he said that no matter which country invests, if the hard work belongs to any Indian citizen and the product is largely made on Indian soil, then for us, it is Swadeshi.

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