India fully capable of dealing with all external, internal challenges: Modi

November 1, 2021 25 Views No Comment

NEW DELHI, Nov 1 (AGENCIES) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said that the country is becoming fully capable of meeting any external and internal challenges, while deriving inspiration from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

In a video message on the occasion of ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’, the 146th birth anniversary of India’s first deputy prime minister and home minister Sardar Patel, Modi said collective efforts, like those seen during the coronavirus crisis, will take the nation to new heights.

Noting that the nation is paying tribute to Sardar Patel who gave his life for ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshth Bharat’, the Prime Minister said that Patel lives not only in history but also in the hearts of all Indians. Modi also said that India is today taking inspiration from the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’ to achieve self-reliance and safeguard its interests. “In the last seven years, the country has got rid of the decades-old unwanted laws, and has taken the ideals that cherish national unity to new heights. Be it Jammu and Kashmir, North East or any village in the Himalayas, today all are progressing on the path of progress,” Modi said.

He also said the modern infrastructure development in the country is working to remove the geographical and cultural distances. The country is today witnessing a “great maha yagna of social, economic and constitutional integration”, and its capability and determination on every front – water, land, air, space – is unprecedented, he said.

“Where the lack of unity brings new crisis, the collective effort of everyone takes the country to new heights,” he said. He cited the fight against coronavirus as an example of what the country can achieve through collective efforts. Modi also said everybody will have to contribute to enrich the spirit of ‘One India’, and “only when we remain united will we be able to move forward, and only then will the country achieve its goals.”

The form of today’s India, as per Sardar Patel’s idea, should be one where women have equal opportunity, where the Dalits, deprived sections, tribals and forest dwellers, every citizen of the country feels equal. He said the country is today working in the direction of achieving the same kind of India, where there is no discrimination in facilities like house, electricity, water, and setting new goals regularly.