MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he sees himself as a relative of the Dawoodi Bohras and lauded the strides the neighborhood has made in the fields of education, organization and entrepreneurship.

When I am amongst you, I am neither primary minister nor Prime Minister.

I am your family.

I have known four generations of the Syedna.

The late Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin too had blessed me, Modi said, after inaugurating the Marol school of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, a premier institute of the Dawoodi Bohra neighborhood.

The institute has campuses at Surat, Karachi and Nairobi.Patron of the Jamea (institution) and spiritual head of the Dawoodi Bohras, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, commanded the event which was participated in by chief minister Eknath Shinde, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, a couple of diplomats and neighborhood members.

Previously in the day, Modi flagged the CSMT-Solapur and CSMT-Sai Nagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express trains from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, and from another location inaugurated two arms of the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road extension job and Kurar underpass on Western Express Highway.Modi said during the Dandi March, Mahatma Gandhi had remained in a beautiful bungalow, Saifee Villa.

The late Syedna Taher Saifuddin had later on gifted the cottage to the nation on former PM Jawaharlal Nehrus demand.

It is now a memorial, which Modi had actually inaugurated a couple of years earlier.

Modi said he has constantly enjoyed the love and love of the Bohras and whenever he is checking out other nations, members of the neighborhood concerned satisfy him.

Congratulating the Syedna and members of the neighborhood for opening the Mumbai school of Jamea, Modi said Dawoodi Bohras, who think in development and legacy, have actually moved with the times and have actually constantly valued education, including for girls.The PM said in the last 8 years, India has actually opened one university and two colleges each week.

Pointing out that the new education policy focuses on education in mother tongues and Indian languages, he stated, Now, medical and engineering education can be imparted in regional languages too.

Modi suggested that ability and technology, institute and market require to be blended to develop an environment where employment can be created.

The federal government has actually ended 40,000 compliances to help business owners, he added.Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin thanked Modi for joining him on this auspicious day and spoke decades-old friendship and bond between the PM and his late father Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin.

India has been our house for centuries, and we are at peace here, said the Syedna.

He hoped that every child receives education and chance to grow and flourish.

The Syedna likewise thanked the PM for his numerous initiatives for the improvement of the nation, saying specifically on his presidency of the G20.