Weakening of institutions holding back India: Rahul Bajaj

Noted industrialist Rahul Bajaj today voiced concern over "weakening" of institutions like Parliament and the judiciary that he feels is holding back the country's progress.

"A major reason holding back our country in my view is the weakening of credible institutions from smaller to the biggest like Parliament and the judiciary itself. In the 1950s and 1960s, we built some (institutions)," Bajaj said during his address at an award function here.

He observed that the country has seen weakening of some of these institutions in the past 50 years.

Later, on the sidelines of the event, the former Rajya Sabha member told

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