LUCKNOW, Jan 16: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh claimed on Tuesday that the belief that India was a weak nation had changed during the last nine years, attributing this to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asserting that the country is now regarded as “strong and powerful.” Speaking during the “Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra” in his parliamentary district, the home minister stated that the global view of India has now shifted. “Today, nobody views India as weak. We are now seen as a formidable nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi deserves all the credit for this, Singh stated.“No power in the world can dare to show eyes to us when the country and countrymen are strong,” he continued. According to Singh, this is the first time a government has knocked on people’s doors in post-independence India to make sure they take advantage of various assistance packages. “If someone who qualifies for the schemes is not receiving benefits, our prime minister is quite concerned and anxious. He used to ask us to make sure our constituency’s beneficiaries were reached by the programmes,” he continued. Singh stated that when Modi took office as prime minister, India’s economy was ranked 10th in the world; it is currently ranked fifth.Economists believe this is a result of Modi’s appeal. If everything proceeds as planned, the Indian economy would rank in the top three by 2027 and will be the strongest by 2047, the speaker continued.
