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India is the mother of democracy: PM Modi in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi/IBNS: Addressing Parliament's upper house Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India, the country of 1.3 billion people, is the mother of democracy.
"India is not merely the world's largest democracy. India is the mother of democracy and this is our ethos. Our nation's temperament is democratic," he said during his Motion of Thanks to the President's address.
In the backdrop of the Covid-19, the Prime Minister said how the pandemic has strengthened the country.
"The Covid-19 period has added new strength to our federal structure and the spirit of cooperative federalism," he said.
He said, "India has seen days when there was a large threat of polio, smallpox. Nobody knows whether India will get a vaccine or how many people will get it. From those days, we are now here- when our nation is making vaccines for the world. This increases our self-confidence."
"The eyes of the world are on India. There are expectations from India and there is confidence that India will contribute to the betterment of our planet," the Prime Minister added.
On the economic front, Modi said, "While the entire world is reeling under economic downfall due to Covid-19, India is the only country whose GDP is projected at double digits."
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