Freedom Movement inspired Human Rights: PM Modi
India’s freedom movement and its history has been a great source of inspiration for human rights and the values of human rights for India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today on the occasion of the 28th National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Foundation Day.
Recalling Mahatma Gandhi, Modi said, “As a nation, as a society we resisted injustice-atrocities, we fought for our rights for centuries. At a time when the whole world was engulfed in the violence of World War I, India suggested the path of 'rights and non-violence' to the whole world. Not only India but the whole world sees our Bapu as a symbol of human rights and human values.”
He added that the world was disillusioned and confused, India remained steadfast and sensitive towards human rights, he added.
Modi said that the concept of human rights is closely related to the dignity of the poor. He said when the poorest of the poor does not get an equal share of the government schemes then the question of rights arises. The Prime Minister enumerated the government’s efforts to ensure the dignity of the poor. He said when a poor person gets toilets ensuring freedom from open defecation, he gets dignity, similarly, a poor man who was hesitant to enter a bank, gets a Jan Dhan account, which ensures dignity, he said.
“For decades Muslim women had been demanding a law against triple talaq. We have given new rights to Muslim women by enacting a law against triple talaq,” Modi said.