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

President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union ministers Kiren Rijiju and JP Nadda, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and RS deputy chairperson Harivansh during the Constitution Day celebrations at Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on Wednesday.

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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.