Vested interests creating negative impression about India, says Naidu
VISAKHAPATNAM: Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said vested interests were seeking to create a negative impression in the world about India even as he asserted that no other country has any business to interfere in India’s internal affairs.
Addressing a gathering, including students, after releasing the book ‘A Child of Destiny’, authored by noted academician Prof K Ramakrishna Rao, Naidu referred to the nullification of Article 370 and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said certain vested interests were trying to create a negative impression about India over these.
“The CAA does not discriminate against Indian citizens. It only seeks to provide citizenship to those who faced persecution on religious grounds in neighbouring countries,” Naidu said.
He asked people to read and understand the legislations first before forming an opinion.
“Read and understand about nullification of Article 370 and the CAA. No country has any business to interfere in our internal affairs,” Naidu added
The vice-president said India has the potential to be a five trillion dollar economy because of its youth force.
“India has enormous opportunities to grow into a five trillion dollar economy. Reason for this is our youth population. We must not fail to reap this incredible demographic dividend, the great growth potential that this enormous youth population presents,” he observed.
He, however, said the economic potential of this youth population could only be harnessed if quality education, good health and decent employment opportunities were provided to them.
“It is laudable that Budget2020 allocated ~99,300 crore for the education sector and ~3,000 crore for skill development for the next fiscal. We must focus on improving education along the three dimensions; that of equity, affordability and quality.”