**EDS: VIDEO GRAB VIA SANSAD TV** New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha during the discussion on the 'glorious journey of 75 years of the India Constitution', in the ongoing Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (PTI Photo)
- NEW DELHI — Highlighting the welfare initiatives of his government, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi laid down 11 duties and pledges for citizens, including
zero tolerance for corruption and an end to the dynastic system, to achieve a
Developed India by 2047.
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- Speaking on the second day of debate on 75 years of the
Constitution's adoption, PM Modi hit out at the harm done to the spirit of the
Constitution by dynastic politics, vowing to initiate at least one lakh youth,
without any political background, into politics to give “fresh energy” to the
nation.
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- “It is our constitutional duty to rid the country of
dynastic politics,” he said.
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- Highlighting that the saturation of all welfare schemes
of the government is the true reflection of social justice and secularism, PM
Modi said the duties and responsibilities of citizens are the soul of our
civilisation.
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- He said the Constitution’s spirit reflected by the words
“We the people” is the soul of the mantra of ‘Sab ka Vikas’.
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- Our commitment toward the Constitution should be
strengthened in the 75th year of Independence and our duties should make us
“Shreshtha Bharat”, he said.
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- For the future of the country and taking inspiration from
the spirit of the Constitution, I want to lay down 11 Sankalp (duties or
pledges for citizens), he said.
