Decisive government working with lofty ambitions president

Decisive government working with lofty ambitions president

Murmu touches upon multiple government schemes, says the programmes were conceived taking all sections of society together; she lauds various steps by the government such as the dilution of Article 370 to crackdown on terrorism.

President Droupadi Murmu said here on Tuesday that the ‘biggest change’ in the nine years since a government led by Narendra Modi assumed office at the Centre in 2014 was that ‘every Indian’s confidence is at its peak and the world’s outlook towards India has changed’.

In her maiden address to the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament, Ms. Murmu said ‘India has a government which is stable, fearless, decisive and working with lofty ambitions’, a ‘government which respects the honest’, and works with speed and scale.

‘Through this session, I express my gratitude to the people of the country for electing a stable government for two consecutive terms. My decisive government has always kept the country’s interest paramount and shown the will-power to completely transform the policies and strategies when required. From surgical strike to a firm crackdown on terrorism, from a befitting response to every misadventure from LoC to LAC, from abrogation of Article 370 to triple talaq, my government has been recognised as a decisive government,’ she said.

Ms. Murmu went into the details of government programmes, saying they were conceived by taking all sections of society together. From the government’s flagship Har Ghar Jal (tap water connections to all households) to the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (income support programme for farmers) to India assuming the G-20 Presidency this year, President Murmu spoke in detail on all.

‘My government has chosen the path of consolidating heritage and giving priority to development. On one side, Ayodhya Dham is being developed and on the other side, a modern Parliament is being constructed. While the redevelopment of Kedarnath Dham and the development of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham corridor and Mahakal Project are completed, simultaneously medical colleges are being made in every district,’ President Murmu said.

A significant part of her speech was dedicated to government policies related to women’s empowerment. Quoting Kuntala Kumari Sabat, an Odia poet, President Murmu said that in Utkal Bharti, the poet declared about 100 years ago that the woman of the country was not inferior to anybody.

‘Women’s empowerment has been at the core of all schemes introduced by my government. Today, we are seeing the success of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao,’ she said.

The Bharata Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) boycotted the address, though Congress parliamentary leader Sonia Gandhi was in attendance. BRS leader Keshava Rao said the boycott was to ‘bring attention’ to a ‘democratic protest’ against the ‘failures of the Narendra Modi government’.