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Text of President` address to nation
Following is the text of president K R Narayanan`s address to the nation on the eve of the Republic Day.
Following is the text of president K R Narayanan's address to the nation on the eve of the Republic Day:
My fellow citizens,
On the eve of the 52nd anniversary of our republic I have great pleasure to extend my greetings and good wishes to the men, women and children of India. I send my special greetings to those who work on the farms and the factories producing the wealth of the nation, and in the schools, colleges and universities training the youth of the country, and in the scientific laboratories and technological institutions building up the fundamental brainwork of the nation. Especially I greet the valiant members of our armed forces and para military organizations who stand vigil at the remote and inhospitable borders of our vast land ever ready to make the supreme sacrifice for defending the independence, unity and integrity of the motherland. Let us on this occasion remember and pay our homage to those security men of our Parliament, who by their vigilance, courage and timely action at the cost of their lives averted the terrorist attack to destroy our Parliament, the temple of Indian democracy and the symbol of our sovereignty. It is perhaps not a coincidence the assault on our Parliament took place on December 13th which is the anniversary of the day in 1946 when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru moved in the Constituent Assembly the objectives resolution declaring the resolve of India to become an Independent Sovereign Republic and outlining the Democratic, Secular and Social fundamentals of the Constitution we are proposing to give to ourselves. And it is significant that it is the extra-ordinary courage and heroism of the ordinary security personnel at the Parliament House that saved the seat of our democracy against the dastardly terrorist attack.
While we rejoice in the success of our security personnel, let us remember that our safety and security is dependent on our common people like them, and it is for their interests and welfare that we should work from our imposing Parliament and government buildings. Bureau Report
On the eve of the 52nd anniversary of our republic I have great pleasure to extend my greetings and good wishes to the men, women and children of India. I send my special greetings to those who work on the farms and the factories producing the wealth of the nation, and in the schools, colleges and universities training the youth of the country, and in the scientific laboratories and technological institutions building up the fundamental brainwork of the nation. Especially I greet the valiant members of our armed forces and para military organizations who stand vigil at the remote and inhospitable borders of our vast land ever ready to make the supreme sacrifice for defending the independence, unity and integrity of the motherland. Let us on this occasion remember and pay our homage to those security men of our Parliament, who by their vigilance, courage and timely action at the cost of their lives averted the terrorist attack to destroy our Parliament, the temple of Indian democracy and the symbol of our sovereignty. It is perhaps not a coincidence the assault on our Parliament took place on December 13th which is the anniversary of the day in 1946 when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru moved in the Constituent Assembly the objectives resolution declaring the resolve of India to become an Independent Sovereign Republic and outlining the Democratic, Secular and Social fundamentals of the Constitution we are proposing to give to ourselves. And it is significant that it is the extra-ordinary courage and heroism of the ordinary security personnel at the Parliament House that saved the seat of our democracy against the dastardly terrorist attack.
While we rejoice in the success of our security personnel, let us remember that our safety and security is dependent on our common people like them, and it is for their interests and welfare that we should work from our imposing Parliament and government buildings. Bureau Report