India emerges stronger during the covid-19 pandemic: PM

New Delhi, Mar 23: Despite tensions at the borders, natural calamities like cyclone and earthquakes and above all the coronavirus pandemic, India has emerged stronger and the entire world has realized and recognized its potential, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.

The Prime Minister said this while addressing the BJP parliamentary party meeting, mentioned Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Modi said that he relished all the challenges during the covid-19 pandemic and the country also successfully overcame them.

The country did not face the only challenge of the covid-19 pandemic, but there were tensions on the LAC, cyclones and earthquakes and the locust swarm attacks that posed great challenges. But in spite of all these odds, our country emerged stronger with the entire world recognizing its potential, Prime Minister said to the MPs.

Meghwal said that the Prime Minister mentioned that he has been holding the public office for more than two decades, first as chief minister of Gujarat and no as Prime Minister, but he never taken a day off from his busy schedule.

Apart from the Prime Minister, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also addressed the BJP parliamentary party meeting.

India’s position and stature increased in the world during the pandemic because of the medical diplomacy of providing antibiotics and testing kits to other countries earlier and later its vaccine diplomacy, Jaishankar said.

Jaiashankar also shared the details of the Vande Bharat Mission launched by the Central Government to bring back the stranded Indians from various coutries, Meghwal said.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave a presentation on the Union Budget and said that despite the adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic on our economy the government did not impose any additional tax on the public and came with a comprehensive budget for all, Meghawal briefed.

The Prime Minister impressed on the MPs the need to attend the parliament regularly.

Modi also cited the panchayat elections in Pali, the constituency of BJP MP PP Chaudhary, saying the party won more than 90 per cent seats amid protests on farm laws as he and the party clearly put forward the benefits of these laws to the people and sought votes, the sources said.

He also underlined to party MPs that the government's intent behind bringing these farm laws is good and those who are opposing it now will applaud these legislations later, they said.