PM Modi lauds President Murmu's "inspiring address" on Republic Day's eve for highlighting "greatness" of Constitution

New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the address by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of the 76th Republic Day as 'inspiring' and said she highlighted the greatness of the Indian Constitution and the need to keep working towards national progress
"An inspiring address by Rashtrapati Ji, in which she highlights many subjects and emphasises the greatness of our Constitution and the need to keep working towards national progress," the PM said in a post on X.

An inspiring address by Rashtrapati Ji, in which she highlights many subjects and emphasises the greatness of our Constitution and the need to keep working towards national progress. https://t.co/a00fSh9qVN

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 25, 2025

President Murmu, in her address on the eve of Republic Day, said the Constitution has become a "living document" as civic virtues have been a strong part of India's moral compass for millennia.
"The Constitution has become a living document because civic virtues have been part of our moral compass for millennia. The Constitution provides the ultimate foundation of our collective identity as Indians; it binds us together as a family," the President said.
She further mentioned how the document serves as the ultimate foundation of India's collective identity and binds people together as one family.
"The Constituent Assembly, after nearly three years of debates, adopted the Constitution on 26th of November in 1949. That day, 26th November, has been celebrated as Samvidhan Divas, that is, Constitution Day, since 2015. Republic Day is indeed a matter of collective joy and pride for all citizens. Seventy-five years, someone might say, is only the blink of an eye in the life of a nation. No, I will say, not these past 75 years," the President said.
President Murmu recalled 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. 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 the national history is now being recognised in true proportions. In the early decades of the twentieth century, their struggles consolidated in an organized nationwide independence movement," she said.
She further said that 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".
"It also explains why the critics who were cynical about the future of the Constitution and the Republic when India had newly become independent were proven so thoroughly wrong. The composition of our Constituent Assembly was also a testimony to our republican values. It had representatives from all parts and all communities of the country. Most notably, it had 15 women among its members, including stalwarts such as Sarojini Naidu, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Sucheta Kripalani, Hansaben Mehta and Malati Choudhury," she added. (ANI)