A day after his name was announced for the Bharat Ratna award, former president Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday called upon countrymen to strive to protect and preserve the foundational ethics of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity as enshrined in the Constitution.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, country's highest civilian award. The announcement was made on the eve of Republic Day.
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We need a state that inspires confidence among people in its ability to surmount challenges before us, the former president said.
Mukherjee said history or course of civilisation has never been determined by brute forces like Hitler or Mussolini but by personalities like Mahatma Gandhi.
"When he (Mukherjee) was with a party, he belonged to them (Congress), but when he became the President of the country, he belonged to the whole country.
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The RSS invite to Mukherjee as the chief guest at its 'Tritiya Varsh Varg' sparked off a major controversy as the Congress leaders expressed unhappiness over his acceptance.
Speaking at a public gathering in Hyderabad on Friday evening, Owaisi said Pranab Mukherjee spent nearly 50 years with the Congress but decided to visit the RSS headquarters which indicates that the Grand Old Party is now 'finished'.
Speaking at a public gathering in Hyderabad on Friday evening, Owaisi said Pranab Mukherjee spent nearly 50 years with the Congress but decided to visit the RSS headquarters which indicates that the Grand Old Party is now 'finished'.
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Thanking Pranab Mukherjee for attending the RSS meet, RSS prachar pramukh (official spokesperson) Arun Kumar said that he also highlighted inclusiveness, pluralism and unity in diversity as foundation of India.
Sharmistha Mukherjee, who heads the Mahila Congress and the media department of the Delhi Congress, had cautioned her father that his speech would be forgotten but the visuals would remain, giving the BJP/RSS a "full handle" to plant false stories and spread rumours.
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