Calling for a nation built on the principle of equality for all people, and one that combines “the wisdom of an age-old Bharat and the science of contemporary India”, newly elected President Ram Nath Kovind said onTuesdaythat each citizenwas a “nation builder” and “a custodian of the legacy that we will pass on to coming generations”. In his first address inside the Central Hall of Parliament after being sworn in as the 14th President by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, Kovind said,“We need to sculpt a robust, high growth economy, an educated, ethical and shared community, and an egalitarian society,as envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi and Deendayal Upadhyaya ji (the Jana Sangh leader)”. Addressing a gathering that included Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, SpeakerSumitra Mahajan, Union ministers, governors, chief ministers, Supreme Court judges, MPs and diplomats, Kovind said,“We must combine tradition and technology, the…
President Ram Nath Kovind speech: Each citizen a nation builder, need robust growth
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by Krupali
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