New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday noted that India’s freedom movement and its history has been a great source of inspiration for human rights and the values of human rights for India.
“As a nation, as a society we resisted injustice-atrocities, we fought for our rights for centuries. At a time when the whole world was engulfed in the violence of World War I, India suggested the path of 'rights and non-violence' to the whole world. Not only India but the whole world sees our Bapu as a symbol of human rights and human values”, said the Prime Minister remembering Mahatma Gandhi, said a statement from PMO.
Even when, on many occasions, the world was disillusioned and confused, India remained steadfast and sensitive towards human rights, he added. Modi said that when the whole world was engulfed in the violence of the first World War, India suggested the path of 'rights and non-violence' to the world.
"At a time when the whole world was engulfed in the violence of World War I, India suggested the path of 'rights and non-violence' to the whole world. Not only India but the whole world sees our Bapu as a symbol of human rights and human values," the Prime Minister said.
PM Modi further said that the movements during our freedom struggle remain a great source of inspiration for the values of human rights for India. "Even after Independence, our constitution gave a new perspective on equality to the world. In the past decades, the world has been distracted so many times but India remained committed to its principles," he added.
