New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): As parliament celebrated 60 years with a special session, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that India still continues to face the curse of terrorism and insurgency.
Addressing a special sitting of the Rajya Sabha to mark 60 years of Parliament, Jaitley said: " No other country has faced cross-border terrorism as much as we have faced. We still continue to face the curse of terrorism and insurgency. Let us resolve there will be no politics in these issues. We will not only eliminate but sense will be that those who rebel outside the system one day, we will get them within the system."
"Social justice, elimination of poverty, healthcare, women's empowerment, these are all greater challenges in the decades to come," he added.
Paying tribute to those security officials who lost their lives in the parliament attack in December 2001, Jaitley said: "The last 60 years have seen collapse of many democracies. For a poor country, it is more difficult to sustain a democracy. From poverty, we have come to being a developing nation."
"Not only did we survive, we have the distinction of becoming world's largest democracy. We have survived to become a major power in the world. It is a tribute to our parliamentary system that despite divergence, when it come to the call for unity, we all stood up as one nation," he added.
He also said that when India achieved independence from Britain 65 years ago, it had many battles on its hands to fight.
" We were faced with the challenges of unity among diversity. Prophets of doom wondered if India's would survive democracy," said Jaitleyndia became a Republic on November 26, 1949, but the first general elections were only held in 1951-52.
Constituted on April 17, 1952, the Lok Sabha held its first session from May 13, 1952. (ANI)
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