New Delhi : The G-20 Summit will be held in New Delhi on September 9 and 10 so it is busy dressing up now in Delhi. To highlight the greatness of Indian democracy in front of the guests, two booklets with a long history have been printed out by the Narendra Modi government. They are, ‘India, the Mother of Democracy’ and ‘Elections in India’. The talk of  democracy in Ramayana yug has come up in it. It is written that King Dasharatha nominated the then yuvraj Rama as his heir only with the approval of his ministers. Bhishma’s suggestion of good governance to Yudhishthira from Sharasaiya means Arrow bed in Mahabharata, talking about the welfare of the people, is also claimed to be in line with he spirit of democracy. 

The next part of the booklet deals with the arrival of Buddhism in India. Gautama Buddha’s teachings emphasize the direction of democracy and claim that even in ancient India, democracy was an integral part of society. The booklet mentions the participation of a large number of citizens in various elections in independent India. The booklet portrays India as the ‘Mother of Democracy’. Above it is the well-known image of the Indus civilization standing with her hands on her waist. Indus Civilization, Ramayana-Mahabharata, Maurya Emperor Ashoka, Chhatrapati Shivaji and even Mughal Emperor Akbar have been found in it. The booklet contains the hymns of the Rigveda. How words such as Sabha, Samiti or Sangsad used in various old books including Vedas are currently used to refer to the Indian Parliament, have been presented in a total of 16 languages.