New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed India’s new stature as a rising global power, and said the world was actively seeking out its friendship.
In his last speech in the Central Hall of the old Parliament building Tuesday, Modi said India’s policy had graduated from the days of non-alignment, which brought the country “some benefits” in the height of the Cold War.
But today, the world’s eyes are on India, Modi said, adding the country’s policy was to be a “Vishwamitra (a friend of the world)”. “We are befriending the world and the world is seeking our friendship,” Modi told the joint session, before proceedings shifted in the afternoon to the new Parliament building.