Democracy in Indian DNA: Modi |
India is a democracy not because its Constitution says so but because it is a matter of faith for its people and in the DNA of Indians, said India`s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview to the famous TIME magazine. Modi said India`s progress can be ensured only through an innate belief in democracy and not through dictatorship or by a powerful person who believes in concentrating power at one place. During the two-hour-long interview on May 2, Modi also allayed fears of minorities under his government, saying he would take responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. The text of the interview put on Time magazine`s website quotes Modi saying he will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed, and religion. The Prime Minister said the performance in the last ten months had shown that his government was moving very rapidly to fulfill the expectations people had from it. He had in mind a very clear outline of the framework of that he is going to do in the next five years, said Modi. Internationally, whether it is the IMF, the World Bank, Moody`s or other credit agencies, they are all saying in one voice, that India has a great economic future. It is progressing at a fast pace and has again become a factor of growth and stability in the international economic system.
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