Jagdeep Dhankhar arrived in London on Friday. (File)
London:
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar concluded a two-day go to to attend the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey in London with a message of goodwill to the royal couple.
Mr Dhankhar, who arrived in London on Friday, joined an estimated 100 Heads of State and authorities from all over the world invited to the historic crowning of Britain’s new monarch.
On Friday, he interacted with King Charles at a reception quickly after his arrival to attend the majestic Coronation ceremony.
“Happy to be current on the coronation ceremony of King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the moment. On behalf of the folks of India, I prolong my warmest congratulations to the newly topped King and Queen of the UK,” the Vice-President’s workplace mentioned in a Twitter assertion.
“May India-UK ties develop stronger within the years forward,” it mentioned.
Before his departure for New Delhi, Jagdeep Dhankhar additionally had an intimate interplay with UK-based Indian college students organised by the Indian High Commission in London on Saturday night.
At the gathering of scholars enrolled at prestigious UK universities, Mr Dhankhar mentioned India was happy with their achievements and expertise and referred to as on them to play the function of goodwill ambassadors of the nation.
He went on to focus on the various strides made by the nation beneath the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and harassed its sturdy democratic credentials.
“India takes its place on world affairs by itself understanding, for its personal welfare and world peace. India is rising as a superpower,” mentioned Mr Dhankhar.
“The share of India’s working age inhabitants to whole inhabitants will attain the best degree by 2030. It might be 68.9 per cent. No different nation could make such a declare… transparency and accountability are the mantras behind this. Our energy corridors, governance corridors have been totally sanitised of energy brokers,” he mentioned.
Reiterating his name to the broader diaspora inhabitants he interacted with on Friday night, the vice-president mentioned it was incumbent upon Indian college students primarily based within the UK to counter false narratives in regards to the nation.
“If you do not approve of it, it’s essential to antidote it. A false narrative about such a vibrant democracy is antithetical to our nationwide curiosity if we do not react. And, I’ve little doubt, probably the most highly effective response at all times comes from rational minds,” he mentioned.
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