Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurates Townhall', says 'Digital democracy is the essence of India'

Union Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday inaugurated townhall to mark the two year of citizen engagement portal MyGov.in. Town Hall as a concept is commonly used in the West among politicians as well as CEOs to interact with people directly. Speaking on the occasion, Prasad said MyGov has 35.2 lakh registered members.

"Digital democracy is the essence of India and MyGovIndia is the biggest platform that showcases it. In two years, MyGovIndia has become an example of participative democracy through digital medium," said Prasad. He was addressing the 'The Spirit of Participatory Democracy with MyGov'.

"We could have very easily celebrated the two years of the NDA government at a hotel, but PM Modi asked us to visit different parts of the country and interact with people. We have to remain connected digitally and personally," he said.

"Those who think for the country and work for its development have been given a platform to participate," Prasad said. "I would like MyGovIndia to become a platform to showcase achievements of those common people who don't get space on TV," he said.

The minister said achievements of ordinary people of the country must be given positive space in the MyGov platform.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the function in evening. The portal was launched by the Prime Minister in July 2014 to provide opportunity to the people to participate in multiple-theme based discussions and share their thoughts. 

With inputs from agencies.