NEW DELHI: As a reply to a media query, Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the government of India is based on democratic values and protects the constitutional values and there is no caste, religion and class discrimination.

“We are a democracy... India and America both have democracy in our DNA. Democracy is in our spirit and we live it and it's written in our Constitution. There is absolutely no space for discrimination on the grounds of caste, creed or religion,” PM Modi said.