Overview
- Doval opened the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue in New Delhi, calling for nation-building that spans security, the economy and social development.
- He said India should "avenge" a painful past, recounting executions, burned villages and looted temples endured before independence.
- He invoked Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh to highlight the sacrifices that secured freedom.
- Citing a highly developed and historically non-aggressive civilization, he warned that past indifference to threats must not be repeated.
- He emphasized the importance of leadership, quoting Napoleon and pointing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s example.