In India, there is no discrimination based on caste, creed, religion, gender, age, etc. : Prime Minister Modi

Prime Minister Modi’s US tour

Washington (US) – In response to a question on reports of attacks on religious minorities and free speech in India, at a joint press appearance with President Joe Biden, Modi rejected the premise of the question and said categorically , “I am surprised you say, ‘people say’. India is a democracy”.

Referring to a statement Biden had just made about democracy being in the DNA of both America and India, Modi said, “The Indian and American DNA has democracy. Democracy is our spirit. Democracy is in our bloods. We love democracy. Our ancestors translated it into words in the Constitution. And the Government works on the basis of democratic constitution.”

Claiming that when he talks about how democracies deliver, Modi said this meant it delivers without any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, religion, gender, age, geography and, alluding to the Indian case, said that welfare benefits are based on the principle of access to all. He said, “If there are no human values, no humanity, human rights, it is not a democracy,” reiterating the principle of “sabka saath, sabka vikaas, sabka vishwas, sabka prayas” that has been his Government’s stated motto.

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Democracy is in India’s DNA, it is in India’s spirit, in its blood, the democratic Indian government works on the basis of a democratic Indian Constitution, and if there are no human values, no humanity, no human rights, there is no democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.