New Delhi: Forces working in India and outside to destabilise the country and hurt its economic interests will define ‘ek hain toh safe hain’ (we are safe as long as we are united) in the wrong manner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday in Gujarat’s Narmada district.
“Some forces in and outside India are trying to destabilise the country and spread anarchy to create a negative image of the nation in the world. They are trying to divide the country on caste lines and are against a developed India,” he said.
Adding, “… if someone says we are safe as long as we are united (ek hain toh safe hain), these people will start defining ‘ek hain toh safe hain’ in the wrong manner…those people who want to break the nation, divide society, they cannot bear to see the country’s unity.”
Modi was addressing a gathering near the Statue of Unity at Ekta Nagar after paying floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the birth anniversary of India’s first Home Minister—which has been observed as ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ or National Unity Day since 2014.
During his address, Modi also urged Indians to identify “urban Naxals” who he said are trying to break the country. “As Naxalism is ending in jungles, a new model of urban Naxals is raising its head. Today urban Naxals target even those who say that you will remain safe if you remain united. We have to identify urban Naxals and unmask them,” he said.
He added that India is moving towards implementing ‘one nation, one secular civil code’ and ‘one nation, one election’ which he said will strengthen the country and its democratic roots.
With inputs from PTI
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