Prime Minister Narendra Modi today described his first major foreign policy initiative of inviting SAARC leaders for his swearing-in as a "right decision at the right time" and said a message has gone out to to the world which is still talking about it.
Visiting the BJP headquarters for the first time after becoming the Prime Minister, he noted that people had lot of expectations from his government and it is the duty of his dispensation to keep pace with their aspirations.
He said the democracy of the country needs to be strengthened as a result of which even the world will give India its due respect and status.
In this context, he referred to his initiative of inviting leaders of SAARC countries for the swearing-in of his Council of Ministers on May 26.
"The entire world got a message and they are still talking about it, what happened, how it happened. It shows how effective a right decision taken at the right time can be," the Prime Minister told a gathering of party cadres in the presence of party President and Home Minister Rajnath Singh and some other leaders.
Contending that people of the country had been disillusioned with the Congress long back and even the "experiment" of alternatives had not helped, he said his government has an additional responsibility to live up to public expectations.
"The clear cut mandate that BJP got (in the Lok Sabha elections) would not have been possible had there been no undercurrent and common thought process from Kashmir to Kanyakumari," he said.
