New Delhi President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday highlighted the government's unwavering faith in the Constitution and efforts to make it part of the "public consciousness", while criticizing the Emergency as the "biggest and darkest chapter of direct attack" on the Constitution.
In his first address to a joint session of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha after Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his third term, he described the poll result as an endorsement of his government's policies, while deploring attempts to damage people's faith in the electoral process, including EVMs. an apparent blow to opposition parties. It's like cutting off the same branch that "we're all sitting on," he said.
Amid the cancellation and postponement of some competitive exams due to suspected paper leaks, which have sparked student protests and opposition attack on the government, Murmu said his government is committed to a fair investigation and ensuring punishment to the culprits.He said: "My government is working to bring about major reforms in examination-related bodies. This process requires complete transparency and probity."
In her 50-minute speech, the president highlighted the Government's measures in various sectors, from the economy, defense and agriculture to the empowerment of different sectors of society, and set her priorities in her third term, amid protests sporadic movements from the opposition benches. her when she referred to issues such as paper leaks and issues related to the Northeast region.
Although he mentioned some of the things promised in the BJP's manifesto, such as bullet trains and health insurance for senior citizens, he did not mention some of the highlights of the party's promises, such as the Uniform Civil Code and the one-nation principle. a. -election.The president's speech to Parliament is essentially a document approved by the government that outlines its agenda.
Modi said in X that his address to both Houses of Parliament was comprehensive and presented a roadmap of progress and good governance. "She covered the progress that India has been making and also the potential that lies ahead. Her speech also mentioned some of the major challenges that we have to collectively overcome to ensure qualitative change in the lives of our citizens."
Her speech kept the pressure on the Congress, boosted by her better results in the last three polls, over the issue of the emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Its imposition on June 25, 1975 was the biggest and darkest chapter of direct attack on the Constitution, Murmu said. "My government does not consider the Constitution of India only as a means of governance; rather we are making efforts to ensure that our Constitution becomes part of the public conscience," he added.
The opposition INDIA bloc had made the ruling BJP's alleged threat to the Constitution a centerpiece of its campaign, an issue that found some traction as it lost its majority even though the National Democratic Alliance led by it comfortably passed the halfway point. of the road.
India's first tribal president stated that the people have elected a stable government with a clear majority, consecutively for the third term, noting that this happened after six decades. "The people of India have full faith that only my government can fulfill their aspirations. It is a mandate that the work to make India a developed nation continues uninterrupted," he said. In an apparent message to the opposition parties, which are numerically much stronger than the previous two Lok Sabha, advocated healthy deliberations, saying that opposition to policies and obstruction of parliamentary functioning are two different things.
Murmu praised the Election Commission for the successful conduct of the elections and warned against attempts to undermine the credibility of India's democracy and electoral process.
He added: "The EVMs have passed all tests, from the Supreme Court to the people's court, in the last few decades."Murmu said the next budget, which is expected to be presented in the last week of July, will be an effective document of the government's far-reaching policies and futuristic vision.
Along with important economic and social decisions, this budget will also see many historic steps, he said, adding that the pace of reforms will accelerate in tune with the aspirations of the people of India for rapid development.
Emphasizing that the government believes in the true spirit of competitive cooperative federalism, he said he believes that the development of the country lies in the development of states.The president said that the adversarial mentality and narrow selfishness have greatly undermined the basic spirit of democracy, affecting the parliamentary system and the path towards the development of the country.
During the decades-long phase of unstable governments, many governments, even if willing, were unable to implement reforms and make critical decisions, but the people changed this situation with their decisive mandate in 2014, he said.
He said: "Many of these reforms have been carried out in the last 10 years and today they greatly benefit the nation. Even when these reforms were being carried out, there was opposition and attempts were made to spread negativity."Explaining some of his Concerns, she asked legislators to introspect on the problems she highlighted and offer concrete and constructive solutions. In this era of communications revolution, disruptive forces at home and abroad are conspiring to weaken democracy and create fissures in society, he said.
In his first address to a joint session of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha after Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his third term, he described the poll result as an endorsement of his government's policies, while deploring attempts to damage people's faith in the electoral process, including EVMs. an apparent blow to opposition parties. It's like cutting off the same branch that "we're all sitting on," he said.
Amid the cancellation and postponement of some competitive exams due to suspected paper leaks, which have sparked student protests and opposition attack on the government, Murmu said his government is committed to a fair investigation and ensuring punishment to the culprits.He said: "My government is working to bring about major reforms in examination-related bodies. This process requires complete transparency and probity."
In her 50-minute speech, the president highlighted the Government's measures in various sectors, from the economy, defense and agriculture to the empowerment of different sectors of society, and set her priorities in her third term, amid protests sporadic movements from the opposition benches. her when she referred to issues such as paper leaks and issues related to the Northeast region.
Although he mentioned some of the things promised in the BJP's manifesto, such as bullet trains and health insurance for senior citizens, he did not mention some of the highlights of the party's promises, such as the Uniform Civil Code and the one-nation principle. a. -election.The president's speech to Parliament is essentially a document approved by the government that outlines its agenda.
Modi said in X that his address to both Houses of Parliament was comprehensive and presented a roadmap of progress and good governance. "She covered the progress that India has been making and also the potential that lies ahead. Her speech also mentioned some of the major challenges that we have to collectively overcome to ensure qualitative change in the lives of our citizens."
Her speech kept the pressure on the Congress, boosted by her better results in the last three polls, over the issue of the emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Its imposition on June 25, 1975 was the biggest and darkest chapter of direct attack on the Constitution, Murmu said. "My government does not consider the Constitution of India only as a means of governance; rather we are making efforts to ensure that our Constitution becomes part of the public conscience," he added.
The opposition INDIA bloc had made the ruling BJP's alleged threat to the Constitution a centerpiece of its campaign, an issue that found some traction as it lost its majority even though the National Democratic Alliance led by it comfortably passed the halfway point. of the road.
India's first tribal president stated that the people have elected a stable government with a clear majority, consecutively for the third term, noting that this happened after six decades. "The people of India have full faith that only my government can fulfill their aspirations. It is a mandate that the work to make India a developed nation continues uninterrupted," he said. In an apparent message to the opposition parties, which are numerically much stronger than the previous two Lok Sabha, advocated healthy deliberations, saying that opposition to policies and obstruction of parliamentary functioning are two different things.
Murmu praised the Election Commission for the successful conduct of the elections and warned against attempts to undermine the credibility of India's democracy and electoral process.
He added: "The EVMs have passed all tests, from the Supreme Court to the people's court, in the last few decades."Murmu said the next budget, which is expected to be presented in the last week of July, will be an effective document of the government's far-reaching policies and futuristic vision.
Along with important economic and social decisions, this budget will also see many historic steps, he said, adding that the pace of reforms will accelerate in tune with the aspirations of the people of India for rapid development.
Emphasizing that the government believes in the true spirit of competitive cooperative federalism, he said he believes that the development of the country lies in the development of states.The president said that the adversarial mentality and narrow selfishness have greatly undermined the basic spirit of democracy, affecting the parliamentary system and the path towards the development of the country.
During the decades-long phase of unstable governments, many governments, even if willing, were unable to implement reforms and make critical decisions, but the people changed this situation with their decisive mandate in 2014, he said.
He said: "Many of these reforms have been carried out in the last 10 years and today they greatly benefit the nation. Even when these reforms were being carried out, there was opposition and attempts were made to spread negativity."Explaining some of his Concerns, she asked legislators to introspect on the problems she highlighted and offer concrete and constructive solutions. In this era of communications revolution, disruptive forces at home and abroad are conspiring to weaken democracy and create fissures in society, he said.
