Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said India has been treated “most unfairly” by some global entities because they have not delved deep into its performance, even as he urged them to take note of the “big change in governance” in the country.
His remarks made during his address at an event here marking the Human Rights Day come against the backdrop of India ranking 111 out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index-2023 released in October.
“It pains me sometimes when those who need to… become critics, chronic critics. Something has to be done in this aspect. I say with pain, we need to be alive to pernicious narratives and external calibrations that turn Nelson’s eye to our exemplary performance,” Dhankhar said.
The Vice President expressed concern over “pernicious narratives and external calibrations” by those gauging India’s progress, sitting in air-conditioned and closed chambers, detached from the “index of hope, optimism, and confidence” that has been fostered by government policies.
In his address at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) event held at Bharat Mandapam, he also underlined that the “greatest danger” to human rights emanates from corruption, and that corruption has been “neutralised in power corridors”.
“Corruption and human rights cannot co-exist,” he asserted.
In his address, he also said no part of the globe is so “blossoming, prospering with human rights as our country is doing”.
The Vice President said “we are now role model to the world in nurturing human rights. Our commitment to human rights is firmly anchored in our robust system we have in Legislature, Judiciary and Executive”.
“Corruption and human rights cannot co-exist. The bane of corruption in India for long is now contained…corruption has been neutralised in power corridors. This is a very big change in governance.