New Delhi, January 01: Seeking a “new beginning” in the year ahead, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday night asked people to believe in the resilience of democracy and its capacity to deal with infirmities through course correction.
“Let us make a new beginning to the year. Let us dispel the air of despondency and cynicism,” Singh said in his New Year message, assuring people that he and his government would work with renewed resolve for their welfare.
Wishing the people a happy New Year, he said, “We will redouble our efforts to deal effectively and credibly with the challenges of inflation, cleansing our governing processes, national security and making our delivery system work for the aam aadmi.
“We need to believe in the resilience of our democracy and its capacity to deal with infirmities and shortcomings through course correction.”
The Prime Minister said on the eve of the New Year, it is an occasion to take stock of the year gone by and of the challenges that lie ahead.
Dispel air of despondency
Against the backdrop of a series of scams, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight pitched for a “new beginning” in 2011, saying the “air of despondency” should be dispelled as efforts would be redoubled to cleanse the governing processes.
In a new year message, Singh said it was time to take stock of the year goneby and of the challenges that lie ahead and asked people to have faith in democracy as it has the “capacity to deal with infirmities and shortcomings” through course correction.
“Let us make a new beginning to the year. Let us dispel the air of despondency and cynicism,” he said while wishing the people a happy new year.
Assuring people that he and his government would work with renewed resolve for their welfare, he said, “we will redouble our efforts to deal effectively and credibly with the challenges of inflation, clearnsing our governing processes, national security and making our delivery system work for the aam aadmi.”
He underlined the need for believing in the “resilience of our democracy and its capacity to deal with infirmities and shortcomings through course correction.”
The message from the Prime Minister has come in the backdrop of several scams like those related to 2G spectrum allocation and CWG, hitting the government which has put it on the backfoot.
It has also come at a time when there was growing concern over the rising inflation and the path ahead for the Congress-led coalition seemed clearly uphill. There has also been growing concern over rising inflation and prices of essential commodities.
—PTI