On Saturday, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said defaming constitutional institutions and preaching to people was fast becoming a “pastime”. He cautioned that such acts lead to anarchy. The Vice President was addressing the fourth convocation of the National Institute of Technology held at Vigyan Bhavan. The Vice President said that, ‘There is a need for unflinching commitment to nationalism in its entirety and national interest should be given priority, whether it is partisan or other interests. We see that it is easily violated. You can consider it’.
He further added, ‘Economic nationalism should be a matter of prime concern for business, because according to my modest understanding there is no fiscal benefit from it. However justified it may be, whether it is quantitative or fiscal magnitude, it is an excuse to compromise on economic nationalism. It negates our commitment to the principle of putting the nation first. Let us pledge that we will never undermine our national interests, no matter what happens’.
‘Today we should focus on some areas which are involved in our discourse and which need a response. What we are seeing is that preaching to everyone and defaming our constitutional institutions is fast becoming a pastime, even for constitutionally important people in the political field. This is not good for the nation. It is a recipe for anarchy and impedes our development. It is time to say goodbye to this and I say with utmost restraint that it is time for our elite to become elites’, said Vice President.
He said, ‘I appeal to them to become a worthy elite, you must be inspired by the zeal of nationalism’. The Vice President told the students that a new India is ready to welcome you. It is different from the India I grew up in. It is different from the path on which the first batch of students moved forward. I must admit that this is a journey.
Dhankar said, ‘There is still a lot to be done. We have been recognised by global institutions for our great achievements, monumental achievements but we still have a long way to go. We can never deny adversity, there will be tough roads ahead and the future of this transformational journey rests on your shoulders. So you have to control and manage our development path. The destination in 2047, the mid-destination will be a developed India’.
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