"India today is crying for quality execution in timely manner, projects not being delayed.
"It is important to have a secular environment... And to maintain that fabric. The social cohesion in certain quarters in India is under threat," Scindia said here, without specifically mentioning lynching of a 50-year-old man was lynched by a mob in Dadri and his son critically injured last Monday after rumours that they had consumed beef.
He was speaking during a panel discussion at Brookings Institute - a top American think-tank - that also witnessed participation of four other visiting Members of Parliament.
Scindia along with Gaurav Gogoi from the Indian National Congress, Kalvakuntla Kavitha from TRS, Arpita Ghosh from All India Trinamool Congress and Baijayant "Jay" Panda from the Bjiu Janata Dal are visiting US as part of FICCI's India-US Forum of Parliamentarians (IUFP).
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All work of the government is not passed through the parliament, he said, adding: "A lot of work is outside the ambit of the Parliament. The key challenge for India lies in her abilities to execute in the good sense of the world."
Panda noted that just because the government has a mandate in the Lower House, it does not mean that the government can get the bill pass, as it does not have a majority in the Upper House.
Kavitha hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi lives up to his promise of cooperative federalism.
Gogoi said North East is the new emerging market of India.
"We are seeing this region being used as a bridge to connect India with South East Asia. The only way India can have transport corridor with South East Asia is to invest in infrastructure sector in North East part of India," he said.