Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has vowed to con­tin­ue go­ing to war against the so­cial ills fac­ing the na­tion, pledg­ing to con­front cor­rup­tion, crime, and ne­glect with the weapons of law, truth, courage, and con­science.

Speak­ing at her an­nu­al Di­vali cel­e­bra­tion at her con­stituen­cy of­fice in Pe­nal, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said true lead­er­ship is not about priv­i­lege or pow­er but about pro­tec­tion and ser­vice to the peo­ple.

She said her po­lit­i­cal jour­ney mir­rors the sto­ry of Ram and Si­ta, de­scrib­ing her re­turn to lead­er­ship as a “home­com­ing of light” af­ter years in Op­po­si­tion, which she com­pared to a pe­ri­od of ex­ile.