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PM Modi to address National Youth Parliament Festival
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the valedictory function of the second National Youth Parliament Festival via video conferencing. Three national winners of the festival will also express their views during the event, the Prime Minister s Office (PMO) had said on Sunday, adding that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, and Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju will also be present on the occasion.
An official statement said the festival s objective is to hear the voice of the youth between 18 and 25 years of age, who vote and will join various careers in coming years, including public services.
Describing dynastic politics as the "biggest enemy of democracy", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said it has to be rooted out completely and asserted that the fortune of those who have been winning elections on the basis of surnames are now dwindling.
They see such examples in their own families. So they have neither respect nor fear of law, he said, asking youngsters to join politics as this is necessary to save it.
Though he did not name any party, he has in the past often hit out at Opposition parties, including the Congress, for being run by families.
He said, It is true that (in politics) the fortunes of those who have been winning elections on the basis of surnames are dwindling. But in politics, this disease of dynastic politics is not completely finished.
They, he said in reference to these dynasties, are also a very big reason behind political and social corruption in the country.
Disease of dynastic politics not fully over, needs to be rooted out: PM Modi
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Updated: Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 17:14 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 12: Political dynasty is the biggest enemy of democracy and it should be rooted out, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. He was speaking at the National Youth Parliament Festival.
Our politics needs young people. Politics needs to be a constructive medium to make positive changes, the PM also said. The people are now supporting both honesty and performance, but the disease of dynastic politics is not fully over, the PM also said.
We are now developing an eco-system including modern education, better opportunities in the country for which the youngsters would often go abroad, PM Modi said.