Sikhs: The Sikh community is a strong link in India’s relations with other countries: PM Modi | India News – Times of India

New Delhi: Stating that New India is leaving its mark on the whole world, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on friday Sikh The community has been a strong link in relations between India and other countries.
Addressing a Sikh delegation at his residence, he said that the entire nation is grateful to Sikhs for their contribution in the freedom struggle as well as in the post-independence era.
The Prime Minister hosted a Sikh delegation which included people from different walks of life.
Modi said the Gurus inspired the people and the Sikh tradition is indeed a living tradition of ‘One India’. Best India,
New India is touching new dimensions and leaving its mark on the whole world, Modi He said that the era of corona virus epidemic is the biggest example of this.
“At the beginning of the pandemic people of old mindset were expressing concern about India but now people are giving the example of the country,” he said.
The Prime Minister said, “Earlier it was being said that with such a large population, from where will India get the vaccine, how will people’s lives be saved? But today India has emerged as the largest manufacturer of vaccines.”
Appreciating the Indian diaspora across the world, Modi said that he has always considered them as the ambassadors of the country.
He said, “All of you who are outside India, the loud voice of ‘Maa Bharati’ is its lofty identity.”
He said that the people of India went to different parts of the world without any resources and achieved success through their labor.
He said that this is the spirit of New India.
Modi also said that visiting gurdwaras, spending time in service, taking langar and staying in the homes of Sikh families has been a part of his life.
He said, ‘From time to time, the feet of Sikh saints keep falling in the Prime Minister’s residence. I keep getting the good fortune of his company.
Modi has met members of the Sikh community at frequent intervals. He recently gave a speech from the Red Fort at an event to commemorate the birth anniversary of the ninth Sikh Guru. Tegh Bahadur,