Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the Constitution Day celebrations organized in the Supreme Court. During this, the Prime Minister said that while we are remembering this important festival of democracy, we cannot forget that today is also the anniversary of the terrorist attack in Mumbai. I pay my tribute to those who died in this attack. I also reiterate the country’s resolve that a befitting reply will be given to every terrorist organization that challenges India’s security.
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Modi said that the makers of our Constitution knew that India’s aspirations, India’s dreams would reach new heights with time. He knew that the needs of independent India and the citizens of India would change, the challenges would change. Therefore, he did not leave our Constitution merely a book of law, but made it a living, continuously flowing stream. He said that our Constitution has met every expectation and need of the country. It is the strength of the Constitution that today Baba Saheb’s Constitution has been fully implemented in Jammu and Kashmir. Constitution Day was celebrated for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir.
Narendra Modi said that today India is going through a big phase of change and the Constitution of India is showing us the path. It has become a guide for us. He said that our Constitution is the guide for our present and our future. Today every countryman has only one goal – to build a developed India. He said that the new judicial code has been implemented to ensure that Indians get speedy justice. The punishment based system has now changed into a justice based system.
The Prime Minister said that in the last 10 years, bank accounts of more than 53 crore Indians, who otherwise could not reach the bank doors, have been opened. In the last 10 years, 4 crore Indians who were homeless for generations have got permanent houses. In the last 10 years, more than 10 crore women have got free gas connections, who were waiting for years for gas to reach their homes. He said that today a lot of emphasis is on ease of living for the citizens of the country. There was a time when senior citizens receiving pension had to go to the bank to prove that they were alive. Today, senior citizens are getting the facility of digital life certificate right from the comfort of their homes.
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Modi said that today India is a country which provides free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh to every poor family. Today India is a country which provides free healthcare facility to every elderly person above 70 years of age. He said that today it seems easy for people to get tap water, but even after 75 years of independence, only 3 crore houses had this facility. He said that the original copy of the Constitution has images of Lord Ram and Mother Sita. Pictures are symbols of Indian culture so that they remind us of human values. These human values are the foundation of the policies and decisions of today’s India.
