‘Pseudo-Secularism Hampered Industries': Rajnath Singh At UP Global Investors Summit

Rajnath Singh, who was addressing the UP Global Investors Summit, said pseudo-secularism not only prevented industrialists from moving forward but also hampered established industries.

Rajnath Singh, who was addressing the UP Global Investors Summit, said pseudo-secularism, not only prevented industrialists from moving forward but established industries were also hampered

Source : ANI

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who was addressing the UP Global Investors Summit in Lucknow on Friday, said that trade and industry suffered in the past due to pseudo-secularism, but the government has now taken a new approach to promote businesses.

"Through pseudo-secularism, not only industrialists were prevented from moving forward but established industries were also hampered...Govt has put forward a new vision for the business community. Today the business community is looked upon with respect and trust," the defence minister said, according to the news agency ANI.

#WATCH | Through pseudo-secularism, not only industrialists were prevented from moving forward but established industries were also hampered...Govt has put forward a new vision for the business community. Today the business community is looked upon with respect&trust: Defence Min pic.twitter.com/fumqoOZTrT

— ANI (@ANI) February 10, 2023

However, in the past few years, the government has pushed for economic growth and adopted a new approach in terms of attracting the business community or developing the infrastructure. “All legal, documentation issues which became red tape for the business community have now been turned into the red carpet for investors. Today business communities are seen as wealth creators who have become major contributors to the development,” added Singh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 in the presence of UP Governor Anandiben Patel, CM Yogi Adityanath and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

Investor UP 2.0 is a comprehensive, investor-centric, and service-oriented investment ecosystem in Uttar Pradesh that endeavors to deliver relevant, well-defined, standardized services to investors, said an official statement according to the news agency ANI.

The mega event will end on February 12 and is expected to witness the presence of several ministers of the Union and the state government and a host of leading industrialists.

The list of participants include Mukesh Aghi (USISPF), Swati Dalal (Abbott Nutrition), Navneet Agarwal (Agarwal Packers and Movers), Mahesh Sugru (Tata Motors), Uday Sinha (Ekana Group), Adil Zaidi (Ernst & Young), Dheeraj Kapoor (Flipkart), Dhruv Galgotia (Galgotia University), Dinesh Gupta (Green Ply), Rajeev Garg (Haldiram Group), Sanjeev Kakkar (Indian Oil Corporation), Pradeep Dixit (ITC), Ashish Agarwal (JBM Group), Amar Sinha (Radico Khaitan), Daniel Bircher (Zurich Airport Asia), J B Park (Samsung), Pradeep Kumar Gupta (Sharda University), Kailash Chandra Jhanwar (Ultra Tech Cement) and Jagdish Gulati (United Group).