PM invokes Tagore in Bengal address

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a speech on Friday, focused on West Bengal’s rich heritage and said the state, which goes to polls in the next few months, can become an example of how unity can boost national growth and progress. Modi, virtually addressing the convocation ceremony of Visva Bharati, the state’s only central university of which the Prime Minister is the chancellor, said its founder Rabindranath Tagore’s vision on education has contributed to the new education policy. “Bengal is an inspiration for Ek Bharat-shreshth Bharat campaign. Visva Bharati will play a big role in the 21st-century knowledge economy, taking Indian knowledge and identity to every corner,” he said, adding: “The national education policy is a major milestone in the making of Aatmnirbhar Bharat.”