G20 delegates to witness 2024 general elections

Panaji Asserting the ethos of 'Atithi Devo Bhava', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited G20 delegates to visit India during the 2024 general elections and witness the "festival of democracy" in all its diversity.

A recorded message from Modi was played at the inaugural session of the G20 Tourism Ministerial Meeting in Goa on Wednesday, in which, he underlined that "terrorism divides, but tourism unites". The prime minister expressed confidence that the deliberations and the 'Goa Roadmap' would "multiply the collective efforts to realise tourism's transformative power".

A Goa Roadmap and Action Plan, a ministerial communique endorsing it would be issued at the end of the G20 ministerial here on Thursday. “The motto of India's G20 Presidency, 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' - 'One Earth, One Family, One Future' can itself be a motto for global tourism”, Modi said. In his address, he extolled the virtues of tourism and its potential to unite people. "It is said that terrorism divides, but tourism unites. Tourism has the potential to unite people from all walks of life thereby creating a harmonious society," he said.

Modi said India's next general elections will be held in 2024 and he invited G20 delegates to visit the country to witness the "festival of democracy" in the "mother of democracy".