New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday
said irrespective of the languages spoken, citizens of the
country are united and asked not to follow the "wrong way"
shown by some people.
Patil's remarks followed Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's
criticism against cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for his
"Mumbai-for-all" remarks.
"Someone may speak Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya or
Telugu.... language may be different but we are all united,"
Patil said while addressing a group of Kashmiri students at
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
"We all should live together... if someone shows us a
wrong way, we should not follow, Patil said.
"When you travel to other parts of the country you get
to understand other parts. There is always unity in
diversity," she said.
The First Citizen also asked the students, primarily
from Budgam and Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir brought by the
Army under 'Operation Sadbhavana', to communicate their
experiences about other parts of the country with their
friends.
She told the students that they are the kids of India
and not only of Kashmir.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 23:39