President Ram Nath Kovind addresses the Budget session of Parliament in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI photo)
GUWAHATI: President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament on the inaugural day of the budget session on Friday started with a verse penned by ‘Asom Kesari’ and nationalist poet Ambikagiri Raichoudhury who had laid the foundation for strengthening Assamese identity but within the framework of the grand Indian nationality.
Kovind also said that a “policy for rapid development of the northeast while preserving its unique geographical, cultural and linguistic characteristics and its social identity is being implemented.”
The President read out, “Whenever India has remained united, it has been able to attain even seemingly unattainable goals. This solidarity and Pujya Bapu’s inspiration had given us freedom from hundreds of years of colonial rule. Echoing the same spirit, Assam Kesari Ambikagiri Raichaudhuri the nationalist poet, had said, “O
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President Kovind invokes nationalist Assamese poet to describe how country can achieve success when united
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Raichaudhuri (1885–1967), known as the lion of Assam for his firebrand nationalist character, was a freedom fighter and won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1965. He was also the President of Asom Sahitya Sabha in 1950.
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President Ram Nath Kovind addresses during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Friday.
NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind invoked nationalist Assamese poet Ambikagiri Raichaudhuri in his address in Parliament on Friday to describe how the country achieves success even in seemingly unattainable goals whenever it is united and said challenges like COVID-19 or border tension with China were faced with fortitude by everyone together.
GUWAHATI: President Ram Nath Kovind s address to the joint sitting of the two house of Parliament on Friday started with a verse penned by ‘Asom Kesari’ and nationalist poet Ambikagiri Raichoudhury, who had laid the foundation for strengthening Assamese identity but within the framework of the grand Indian nationality.
President Kovind in his speech also said that a “policy for rapid development of North East while preserving its unique geographical, cultural and linguistic characteristics and its social identity is being implemented.”
President Kovind read out, “Whenever India has remained united, it has been able to attain even seemingly unattainable goals. This solidarity and Pujya Bapu’s inspiration had given us freedom from hundreds of years of colonial rule. Echoing the same spirit, Assam Kesari Ambikagiri Raichaudhuri the nationalist poet, had said, “Om tatsat Bharat Mahat, Ek chetonaat, Ek Dhyanot, Ek Sadhonaat, Ek Abegot, Ek Hoi Jaa, Ek Hoi Jaa”.