Constitution sacred document guiding India's progress: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Constitution as a "sacred document" that guided the country's progress and said every action should strengthen the document and further national goals and interests.

- Smriti Kak Ramachandran

He also said it was the Constitution that had given several others, like him, the "power to dream and the strength to work towards it".In a letter to the nation on the occasion of Samvidhan Diwas or Constitution Day, the PM said it is our responsibility to fulfil the dreams envisioned by the framers of our Constitution. "When we work with this sense of duty, our nation's social and economic progress will multiply manifold ... " he wrote.

Modi said it was the power of the Constitution that enabled a person like him, coming from a humble and economically disadvantaged family, to serve as the head of the government continuously for over 24 years. "I still remember the moments in 2014, when I came to Parliament for the first time and bowed, touching the steps of the greatest temple of democracy," he said.