Time to Change 'Look East Policy' to 'Act East Policy': Sushma Swaraj

"When we first talked about target 270 plus, people made fun of us. But people gave us 282 seats and with alliance we are more than 300," she said adding that the 2014 election was one of "hope".

"And hence people have lot of expectations from this government and we will not discourage them. We will live up to their dreams," she said amid rousing applause.

She spoke about the three months in government and said that it had implemented steps to rid the feeling of "dejection" that had crept in over the last three years.

Mrs Swaraj's visit comes just days after Vietnam renewed India's lease of two oil blocks in the South China Sea for another year, a move that could rile China.

It also comes ahead of next month's visit by President Pranab Mukherjee.

During her visit, Mrs Swaraj will also chair a meeting of the heads of Indian Missions in the region besides inaugurating the 3rd Roundtable of the ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks.

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