Modi empowered Indians in India, abroad: Sushma

Union external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had lived up to his mantra of “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas” by empowering Indians in the country and abroad. Ms Swaraj was speaking at a function to mark three years of the Modi government and its plank of “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas” (development of all) in South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. Ms Swaraj said empowerment of all sections of society, including women, youth and the poor, lay at the core of the schemes and programmes launched by the government. “In his first address in the Parliament after becoming the Prime Minister, Mr Modi announced that his government was for the weak and poor people and he has lived up to it by empowering, rather than giving out freebies to the people through his schemes,” she said.

The function, organised by the Delhi BJP, was attended by hundreds of beneficiaries of different schemes including “Mudra”, “Kaushal Vikas Yojna”, “Jan Dhan”, “Pradhan Mantri World leaders look up to him (PM) since they feel that without the cooperation of our country, international efforts would not succeed Sushma

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“The Modi government has also empowered Indians living in other countries and they believe it will come to their rescue whenever they will need help,” she added. She said that in the last three years, the government had managed to evacuate 1.25 lakh people from troubled places in different parts of the world.

“Of this, the government paid for the evacuation of over 80,000 people. From Yemen, where only India could manage to evacuate people, we also helped and took out 1,947 foreigners, including three Pakistani nationals,” Ms added.

The external affairs minister pointed out that under the leadership of Mr Modi, India was deciding on global agenda. “World leaders look up to him since they feel that without the cooperation of our country, international efforts would not succeed. The Prime Minister only suggested holding an International Yoga Day on June 21, and within a record time of 75 days, it was accepted by the United Nations with 177 countries coming forward as co-sponsors of the proposal and none against it,” she said. Swaraj