India, Feb. 22 -- Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Saturday called for a shift in political culture from individual ambition to collective responsibility, saying India's journey towards becoming a developed nation by 2047 would become "unstoppable" when leaders start playing for the "National Team".

Addressing the inaugural session of the 15th Indian Student Parliament (Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad) in New Delhi, Gupta said politics must learn from sports, where victory belongs to the team and not to an individual. He was speaking on the theme, "From Stadium to Statesmanship: What Can Politics Learn from Sports?"

"In sports, victory belongs to the team. In politics, the true victory must belong to the people," Gupta said, urging you...