BHOPAL: Nanaji Deshmukh‘s concept of Antyodaya and Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay’s “integral humanism” have been the twin inspirations for the Narendra Modi govt’s welfare initiatives, home minister Amit Shah said in MP’s Chitrakoot on Thursday.
In just 10 years, the Centre, under Modi, has given basic amenities to 60 crore poor in the country, Shah said. Shah was in Chitrakoot in MP’s Satna district to pay homage to Jan Sangh neta and Bharat Ratna awardee Nanaji Deshmukh on his 15th death anniversary. Shah also unveiled a statue of Jan Sangh co0founder Deendayal Upadhyay. It was Shah’s second visit to MP in three days.
“When the country became independent and policies were being framed, those who knew and respected India were looking at independent India’s policies with a lot of sadness and concern. Be it our country’s foreign policy, economic policy, agricultural policy or education policy – none of them had the essence of our ancient culture and the nation’s soil,” Shah said in his address.
At that time, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay introduced the principle of “Ekatma Manavwad (integral humanism)”, on how our economic philosophy, our foreign policy should be and the way we should look at the world, he said. “That principle is taking India forward in the world today,” Shah said.