India’s greatest strength is its pluralism: PM

Against the backdrop of “intolerance” debate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India has tremendous social strengths, including pluralism.

It was for the second time in recent days that Modi has touched upon issues relating to diversity and pluralism, as he faces criticism over the issue of intolerance in the country.

Modi referred to pluralism in India in an article in the prestigious Economist magazine whose brief excerpts was tweeted by its Europe business correspondent based in Paris.

“India has tremendous social strengths, including pluralism,” Modi was quoted as having said in the article in the latest edition of the magazine whose cover has caricatures of world leaders including Modi with a title, “The World in 2016.”