Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the NDA government is working with a motto sab ka saath-sab ka vikaas. Participating in the discussion on the Commitment to India's Constitution as part of the 125th Birth Anniversary celebration of Dr B R Ambedkar, Mr Prasad said in the Rajya Sabha that people have given mandate to the NDA and the government is working in its own style. Admitting that poor and downtrodden are suffering and the government is committed to address them. <br/><br/>Without referring to controversy over the National Judicial Appointments Commission, the Minister said judicial independence and judicial accountability, both are of equal important for the government. Targeting the previous government, Mr Prasad questioned the delayed conferment of Bharat Ratna on Dr Ambedkar. Earlier in the morning in the resumed discussion, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Independent said Indian Constitution is one of the greatest Constitutions in the world and the people are proud of it.<br/><br/>He said the discussion on the Constitution is uniting all political parties. K C Tyagi of the JD(U) said there should a discussion on the caste system and religious conversions. He said the dream of Dr Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution, was the uplift of the poor and downtrodden people. Derek O'Brien of the Trinamool Congress asked all political parties to give preference for women candidates in the legislatures without waiting for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill.
News On AIR | December 1, 2015 5:13 PM
NDA govt working with motto- 'Sab ka saath-Sab ka vikaas': Prasad