New Delhi, January 25: President of India Droupadi Murmu is addressing the nation on the eve of Republic Day 2025. Watch live streaming of President's address below:
In her address to the nation on the eve of the 76th Republic Day, President Droupadi Murmu said, "Today, we should first recall the brave souls who made great sacrifices to free the motherland from the shackles of foreign rule. Some were well-known, while some remained little known till recently."
She also said, "We are celebrating this year the 150th birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, who stands as a representative of the freedom fighters whose role in national history is now being recognised in true proportions."
She further said, "In the early decades of the twentieth century, their struggles consolidated in an organized nationwide independence movement. It was the nation’s good fortune to have the likes of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and Babasaheb Ambedkar, who helped it rediscover its democratic ethos. Justice, liberty, equality and fraternity are not theoretical concepts that we came to learn in modern times; they have always been part of our civilisational heritage."
She further added, "The 75 years of the Constitution are marked by an all-round progress of a young republic. At the time of Independence and even later, large parts of the country had faced extreme poverty and also hunger. But one thing we were not deprived of was our belief in ourselves. We set down to create the right conditions in which everyone would have the opportunity to flourish."
She also said, "Our farmers toiled hard and made our country self-sufficient in food production. Our labourers worked relentlessly to transform our infrastructure and manufacturing sector. Thanks to their sterling efforts, India’s economy today influences global economic trends. Today, India is taking leadership positions in international forums. This transformation would not have been possible without the blueprint laid down by our Constitution."
