Kozhikode: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that India will ratify the Conference of Parties (CoP) protocol on combating climate change on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary on October 2.
Speaking on the third and final day of BJP National Council Meeting in Kozhikode, PM Modi addressed the BJP on the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of the former president of the Jan Sangh Deen Dayal Upadhayaya.
"Now the time has come to ratify the COP21 protocol. India will do it on Gandhi Jayanti on October 2," Modi said while addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national executive meet here.
PM Modi spoke on a range of issues including the Muslims and said, "Deendayal Upadhyaya ji said, Muslims should not be treated as substance for votes or looked down upon, they should be treated equally."
While talking about life and contribution of Upadhyay, Modi quoted him as saying, "don't reward nor rebuke Muslims. Empower them. They are not items of vote market nor are they substance of hate. Treat them as your own."
PM Modi - while talking about global warming - invoked Deen Dayal Upadyaya's legacy. "Today people discuss Global warming, but Deendayal Upadhyaya ji back then used to say that we should respect our resources," he said.
PM Modi also used the opportunity to speak on the election procedure in India and said, "There is a need for a discussion to bring in a change in the procedure of elections in our country."
In the UN climate change conference COP 21 in Paris, 195 countries adopted the first universal, legally binding global climate deal. The agreement sets out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius. The agreement is due to enter into force in 2020.
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