Participative democracy is essential: Modi at 1st townhall

Sat, 06 August 2016

17:41

PM Modi interacts with the citizens at the first of its kind Townhall. Ahead of his address, he thanks the citizens for associating with MyGov in such large numbers. Modi says, "The spirit of a democracy is incomplete if one thinks the citizen's role stops at voting. Participative democracy is essential."

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