Gandhinagar: Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah on Saturday termed Droupadi Murmu’s election as India’s President a “historic occasion”, and stated her victory was a reply to those that solely speak about empowerment of tribals, however divide communities. He stated empowerment of tribals is achieved not by speaking about it, however via the strikes like these (Murmu’s election).
Shah added that an individual belonging to a tribal Santhal group and coming from a really backward area, occupying the nation’s high submit is a “big victory of democracy”.
“It’s regular for one of many two contesting Presidential candidates to win, however for Droupadi Murmu to develop into the President – from Shrimati Droupadi Murmu to Mahamahim Droupadi Murmu – is a historic occasion within the 75 years of the nation’s Independence,” Shah stated on the Nationwide Forensic Sciences College, the place he launched a bunch of tasks.
To all those that speak about tribal empowerment and divide communities and play politics in its identify, Murmu’s victory is a reply that tribal empowerment can’t be achieved solely through the use of these phrases however by deeds like these, he stated.
Shah talked about former president APJ Abdul Kalam and outgoing president Ram Nath Kovind – who had been elected to the highest submit when the BJP was in energy.
He stated that whereas the previous contributed in direction of securing India by strengthening the nation’s defence system and taking India on the world map within the area of science, the latter got here from a really poor Dalit household and made it to the highest submit after battle. “As we speak’s president comes from a area, the place many don’t even know what president is,” he stated.