Mahatma’s message guided India: Biden
WASHINGTON: Guided by Mahatma Gandhi’s message of truth and non-violence, India achieved its long journey towards independence, US President Joe Biden said on the country’s 75th Independence Day, asserting that the commitment to respecting the will of the people through democracy continues to inspire the world.
Greeting Indians on the 75th Independence Day, Biden said in this moment of great challenges and opportunities, the partnership between India and the United States was more important than ever.
“On this day, August 15, 1947, India achieved its long journey toward independence, guided by Mahatma Gandhi’s message of truth and non-violence,” Biden said in a statement on Saturday.
“Today, that foundational commitment to respecting the will of the people through democracy continues to inspire the world and is the basis of the special bond between our two nations. Over the decades, the ties between our people, including a vibrant community of more than four million Indianamericans, have sustained and strengthened our partnership,” he said.
Biden pointed out that in the past one year, the two nations have come together in new ways as they tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, including working in partnership with Japan and Australia — through the Quad grouping — to expand global manufacturing of safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines and to strengthen the last-mile coordination to reach people throughout the Indo-pacific.