Union Minister for Human Resource Development Murli Manohar Joshi has expressed confidence that India would become a permanent member of the UN Security Council and also a world power under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. Addressing a rally organised by the BJP's Tiruchirappalli, Pudukottai and Sivaganga units at Karaikudi last night, he said the country's image and prestige had already gone up and many leaders who had visited India after Vajpayee took over were supporting India's initiative to become a permanent member of the Security Council.
The minister said that though India faced a tough competition due to globalisation and market economy, it would go ahead on its own to become a superpower and guide the world tomorrow. “India's great history, culture and natural and human resources would help it find strategies that would assist the country safeguard its interests. International trade was not new to India as it had been the country's tradition for the past 3000 years,” he said.

Joshi said that the Indians were employed in almost all the countries, and 43 per cent of London's trade was controlled by Indians. With self-confidence we can take up the challenges very well. Bureau Report