Rajnath Singh urges States to shun sectarianism for national development

Rajnath Singh urges States to shun sectarianism for national development

NEW DELHI: Chairing the 11th Standing Committee meeting of the Inter-State Council here on Sunday, Union Home Minister underscored the need to rise over sectarian and focus on larger national development.
 
"We share a common desire to take this nation forward and we are fully convinced that prosperity can come only when there is peace and stability. India, is a nation characterized by unity in diversity, and hence it is important that trust and cordiality form the bedrock for Centre-State cooperation and we rise above narrow sectarian interests to focus on the larger picture of national development," Singh told the meet.

Besides Singh and Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence Arun Jaitley, the Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh, Dr. Raman Singh, CM of Tripura Manik Sarkar, CM of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik and CM of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath attended the meeting. The Ministers from states of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan represented these states at the meeting. Senior officers from the Union Ministries and from the state Governments also assisted the members of the Standing Committee in the discussion along with the officers from the Inter-State Council Secretariat.