A delegation of 24 religious leaders under the aegis of Indian Minorities Foundation met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and said later that they wanted to send out the message of interfaith unity in India to the outside world. The delegation, representing Sikh, Jain, Christian and Parsi communities, included Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, chief imam of the All India Imam Organisation, and Bhikkhu Sanghasena, founder president of Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre.
“Delighted to meet a delegation of religious leaders in Parliament today. I thank them for their kind words on the development trajectory of our nation,” the Prime Minister said in a post on X, sharing some pictures of the meeting.
“Our castes, customs, religions, prayer methods might be different. but our biggest religion as a human is that of humanity. We all live in the same country, we are all Bharatiya. Come let us strengthen our country. Our country is our top priority. Together we have to take our nation forward. Today, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is closer to becoming a ‘Vishwaguru’ again, and we all have to work together for that to happen... These visuals from the new Parliament building are proof of the changing times for our country...”, said all minority religious leaders after meeting with PM Modi in the new Parliament building.
Founder of the Indian Minority Foundation, Himani Sood said that the foundation took a contingent of 24 religious leaders to the New Parliament. We met the Prime Minister and the Vice President. “A narrative is being created that our nation is not one and that all religions do not stand together. We want to send a message to the world that we stand together, that we support the governance of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and that together we strive to take our country to the goal of ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’...They visited the new Parliament building, blessed it, and prayed for a third term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” she said.
Goswami Sushil of Bharatiya Sarv Dharma Sansad was also part of the delegation whose members praised Modi for his leadership after the meeting.
“We wanted to give the message that humanity is the biggest religion. We live in India and we are Indians. We have to make the country stronger. We also have given the message that we all are united,” Ilyasi said.
Sanghasena said it was a historic moment to have visited the new Parliament building and have a brief interaction with Prime Minister Modi and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.