Sikh group a robust hyperlink in India’s relations with different nations: PM Narendra Modi

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Asserting that the brand new India is leaving its mark on the entire world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday mentioned the Sikh group has been a robust hyperlink in relations between India and different nations.

Addressing a Sikh delegation at his residence, he mentioned your complete nation feels grateful to Sikhs for his or her contributions within the freedom battle in addition to within the post-independence period.

The prime minister hosted the Sikh delegation which included folks from completely different walks of life.

Modi mentioned the gurus impressed folks and the Sikh custom is certainly a residing custom of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’.

The new India is touching new dimensions and leaving its mark on the entire world, Modi mentioned, including that the interval of the coronavirus pandemic is the most important instance of this.

“At the beginning of the pandemic, people of an old mindset were expressing concerns about India but now people are giving examples of the country,” he mentioned.

“Earlier it was being said that with such a large population, from where will India get the vaccine, how will people’s lives be saved? But today India has emerged as the manufacturer of the biggest protective shield of vaccines,” the prime minister mentioned.

Lauding the Indian diaspora throughout the globe, Modi mentioned he has all the time thought of them because the nation’s ambassadors.

“All of you who are out of India are the loud voice of ‘Maa Bharati’, its lofty identity,” he mentioned.

The folks of India went to completely different components of the world with none assets and achieved success via their labour, he mentioned.

This is the spirit of the brand new India, he added.

Modi additionally mentioned that going to gurudwaras, spending time in service, getting langar, and staying on the houses of Sikh households have been part of his life.

“The feet of Sikh sants from time to time keep falling in the prime minister’s residence here. I keep getting the good fortune of their company,” he mentioned.

Modi has met members of the Sikh group at frequent intervals.

He had lately delivered an handle from the Red Fort at an occasion to mark the delivery anniversary of ninth Sikh guru Tegh Bahadur.