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Updated: Feb 29, 2016 08:39 IST

“I have an exam tomorrow,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the 17th edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday, referring to presentation of the General Budget in Parliament.

Modi made the statement while advising students appearing for board exams, for which he even roped in sports icons like Sachin Tendulkar and Vishwanathan Anand.

Modi said he was “full of confidence” ahead of his “examination” by 125 crore people, a trait which he wanted students to emulate when they appear for their examinations for Class X and XII, starting on Tuesday.

In his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, he emphasised that students should appear for the exams with a “positive approach” having a free and calm mind without any anxiety. He also asked parents not to put pressure on children.

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“Friends, your exams are starting. I too have an exam tomorrow. The country’s 125 crore people are going to take my examination,” the Prime Minister said.

“But you must have seen how healthy I am feeling, how full of confidence I am. Let my exams take place tomorrow and yours day after and may all of us succeed so that the nation succeeds...Move ahead with a free mind, without any tension of success or failure,” he said in his 35-minute programme.

To lay stress on a positive and tension-free approach, Modi roped in Sachin, Anand besides Bharat Ratna scientist CNR Rao and spiritual leader Murari Bapu, whose messages were played during the programme.

The guests gave their own examples of how they approached exams in their respective fields, keeping tension aside.