Need To Reassess Outdated Thinking & Beliefs: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for the nation to “reassess outdated thinking and beliefs” and free “our society from the pressure of professional pessimists”, asserting that the foundation for a “Viksit Bharat” must be laid in the 25 years in the run up to the centenary of India’s independence.

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“The world of the 21st century is looking towards Bharat with many hopes. And we will need to make several changes to move forward in the global scenario. We also need to change our traditional thinking regarding reform. Bharat cannot limit reform to just economic reforms,” he said in an article which he had penned on June 1 on his flight to Delhi from Kanyakumari.

He had reached Kanyakumari on May 30 on a spiritual sojourn after the Lok Sabha polls campaign ended. In the write-up, which appeared in many newspapers on Monday, Modi said India’s reforms should also align with the aspirations of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ (developed India) by 2047, stating that reform can never be a unidimensional process for any country.