VICE-PRESIDENT Jagdeep Dhankhar, during a visit to Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur on Saturday, inaugurated the 500th ‘Ek Se Sreshtha’ education centre and exhorted youngsters to become instruments of change to take India to the top by 2047. “Development has taken place in the country at a rocket speed under the present Government and now the onus to bring India to the top is on the youth, especially the women, who have been empowered through various schemes and initiatives,” he said. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid a strong foundation in ‘Amrit Kaal’ and I have full confidence in our youth.

 

Their energy is unprecedented and (they) will make the dream of India becoming one of the strongest countries by 2047 come true,” he said. India is not a weak country but a very strong, developed one whose voice is heard, Dhankhar said. The countries “we used to look to are looking towards us with awe”, according to the vice-president. India has left the UK, France and other European countries behind in modern technology and it will become the third biggest power in five to six years, pushing Japan and Germany behind, Dhankhar claimed.

 

Maladies such as corruption, nepotism and inequality before the law -- that put spokes in development -- have been removed. Today, there is transparency, responsibility and equal opportunities and the aim is to provide chances to every individual to show their talent, he added. Dhankhar was accompanied at the programme by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur and Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla.