No part of globe is ‘prospering with human rights’ as India is, claims V-P Dhankhar
Dhankhar also claimed that the politics of so-called freebies is seeing a mad race distort expenditure priorities, undercutting the basic framework of macroeconomic stability.
NEW DELHI: The politics of so-called freebies, for which society sees a “mad race,” distort expenditure priorities, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Sunday and asserted that the need is to “empower not pockets but human minds.”
In his address at a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) event marking Human Rights Day at Bharat Mandapam, he also said that no part of the globe is so “blossoming, prospering with human rights as our country.”
The occasion marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
UN Resident Coordinator in India Shombi Sharp also was present on the dais. Sharp, in his address, read out a message from UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Dhankhar, the chief guest at the event, said “A coincidence, this (75th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights) just follows our ‘Amrit Kaal’, and our ‘Amrit Kaal’ has become our ‘Gaurav Kaal’ — primarily due to the blossoming of human rights and values.”
“We had an occasion to get a message from the (UN) Secretary-General. It would have been appropriate and worthwhile to take note of the massive, revolutionary, affirmative changes that are taking place in Bharat, home to one-sixth of humanity, on the promotion of human rights,” Dhankhar said.
No part of the globe is so blossoming, and prospering with human rights as India, he added.
“And why not? Our civilisational ethos, constitutional framework reflect our deep commitment to respecting, safeguarding and nurturing human rights. It is in our DNA,” the vice president said.
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