New Delhi, Jan 28: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday urged parliamentarians to stand united on the resolve for Viksit Bharat, campaign for swadeshi as well as national security, asserting that these were matters beyond all differences.
Addressing a joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament, which marked the start of the Budget Session, she said the government will continue to accelerate the momentum of “reform express” and listed various economic and social initiatives taken to make India a developed nation by 2047.
Murmu said the world saw the valour of Indian armed forces through Operation Sindoor when they destroyed terror camps and asserted that any terror act will be responded with decisive action.
India has proved that power can be used with responsibility and wisdom, she said. “Amid different opinions and diverse viewpoints, there has been unanimity about nothing being greater than the nation,” Murmu said, addressing the Members of Parliament (MP) in the Lok Sabha chamber of Parliament.
In her address, Murmu invoked Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said they shared the belief that differences of opinion are natural in a democracy but certain subjects are beyond differences. (PTI)
