27th June, 2003
Vice President's Secretariate  


FOUR PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED TO PROMOTE PEOPLE-ORIENTED GOVERNMENT - SHEKHAWAT


Vice President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has said that in order to provide people-oriented Government, the four pillars of Democracy should be strengthened. He was inaugurating the book on Jaya Prakash Narayan written by Shri Sachidanand here today. Shri Sachidanand was Secretary to Jaya Prakash Narayan for a long time.

On this occasion, he said, that today, the credibility of four pillars of democracy is at stake. With deteriorating moral standards, the situation is very grim. He said Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash Narayan always stressed the moral values in public life and welfare of the poor. He said the anti-poverty programmes may be successful provided we inculcate the confidence among people in this regard.

 
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