Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed the people to take the pledge of "India first" and said national interest should be supreme in our decisions.

Addressing the foundation-laying ceremony of new Parliament building, PM Modi: "We will have to take the pledge of 'India first'. Our decisions should make the nation stronger and be measured on the same scale - that nation's welfare comes first. Our efforts in next 25-26 years should be towards how do we want to see India in 2047, in our 100 years of Independence."

"We, the people of India, take this pledge - there will be no greater interest for us than national interest. The country's concern for us will be more than our own concern. nothing will be more important to us than the unity and integrity of the country," he added.  for us the dignity and fulfillment of the Constitution of the country will be the biggest goal of life," PM Modi added.

The Prime Minister said that democracy in India has always been a means of resolving differences along with governance. "Different views, different perspectives, they empower a vibrant democracy.

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