A Son of the Farmer Will Always Commit Himself to Truth, Says Vice-President

VP Inaugurates Advanced Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme (A-ESDP) Campus at National Agri-Food and Biomanufacturing Institute (NABI)

The Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today said, “I am the son of a farmer. A son of the farmer will always commit himself to truth…...He further added, “India’s soul resides in its villages, with the rural system serving as the backbone of the nation. The path to a developed India passes through its villages. A developed India is no longer just a dream; it is our goal,” emphasising his deep-rooted connection to agriculture.

Addressing the gathering at the inauguration of Advanced Entrepreneurship And Skill Development Programme (A-ESDP) Campus at National Agri-Food and Biomanufacturing Institute (NABI), Mohali, Shri Dhankhar further said, “If we look into our historical past, India was known to be a land of knowledge and wisdom, particularly in science, astronomy and what not. Every aspect of human life finds reflection in our Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas. And we are a nation that takes pride in having ancient institutions like Nalanda, Takshashila and the kind. Something happened around 11th or 12th century, and there was a digression. Marauders came, invaders came, and they were reckless in destroying our institutions, Nalanda being one of them. Our cultural centres, going to the extent of being so retributive, perversion of a very different kind over our religious centres they built their own. The nation faced it. Then came the British rule. Systematically, we got laws that were meant to subserve them. We got education that destroyed ours and created not an ecosystem of full exploitation of our talent. The best part is, we are springing back,” he noted.