Weakening of institutions holding India back: Bajaj

NOTED INDUSTRIALIST Rahul Bajaj on Thursday voiced concern over “weakening” of institutions like Parliament and the judiciary that he feels is holding back the country’s progress.

“A major reason holding back our country in my view is the weakening of credible institutions from smaller to the biggest like Parliament and the judiciary itself. In the 1950s and 1960s, we built some (institutions),” Bajaj said during his address at an award function here.

He observed that the country has seen weakening of some of these institutions in the past 50 years. Later, on the sidelines of the event, the former Rajya Sabha member said: “I have seen what happens in Parliament. It depends on the kind of people we elect, it depends on the government.”

He received the Lifetime Achievement award from President Pranab Mukherjee at the event organised by CII here.

The President also felicitated three grassroots women leaders with the CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Award 2017 for their contribution to society.