India, April 5 -- LUCKNOW/GORAKHPUR Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that India never ruled by the power of the sword, instead only spread the message of compassion and friendship to the world.

Regardless of India's strength and intelligence, it will neither forcibly establish dominance over anyone nor accept anyone else's dominance, he emphasised.

"India has become the fifth-largest economy and will soon be the third-largest economic superpower. No matter how powerful India becomes in terms of strength, intelligence, or grandeur, it will never impose its dominance on anyone nor will it accept anyone's dominance," he said at an event after inaugurating a Guru Gorakshanath Gyansthali in Siddharthnagar's Dumariyaganj,

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