Modi Calls India the 'Mother of Democracy' at Commonwealth Speakers' Conference

Overview

• Modi told delegates India’s 2024 general election involved about 980 million registered voters, over 8,000 candidates and more than 700 parties.
• He said women’s participation set records, noting a woman President, a woman Delhi chief minister and roughly 1.5 million elected women at local bodies.
• He linked democracy to development, citing growth and systems such as UPI, vaccine production, steel output, startups, aviation, railways, metros, milk and rice.
• He said India advanced Global South priorities during its G20 Presidency and framed diversity as a democratic strength.
• The three-day conference at Samvidhan Sadan, with about 60 presiding officers and speakers, is discussing AI in parliamentary work, social media’s impact on MPs and ways to boost citizen engagement.