New Delhi sources have reported that President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the nation on Thursday on the eve of India’s 69th Republic Day. President asks people to build a nation where girls are given equal treatment like boys in terms of education and healthcare, and equal opportunities.
Meanwhile he also recalls contributions of nurses who serve the people, sanitary workers who help keep the nation clean, teachers who educate the people, scientists who innovate, and engineers who help build new infrastructure. He further paid tributes to soldiers who protect the nation, to farmers who feed us, to police and paramilitary forces who provide us security, to mothers who take care of us, and to doctors who treat people who are ill.
Moreover the
President had received the ASEAN heads of state and government at the
Rashtrapati Bhavan and hosted a lunch in their honor and on the occasion he
said that India's 'Act East policy' reinforces its ancient links with Southeast
Asia through enhanced political, security, economic and cultural ties.
