President Ram Nath Kovind Says Violence In The Name Of Protests Weakens Country

Budget Session 2020: President Ram Nath Kovind addressed a joint sitting of parliament.

New Delhi:

Violence in the name of protests weakens the country and the government believes that debate strengthens a democracy, President Ram Nath Kovind said today as he addressed a joint sitting of parliament, on the opening day of the budget session.

President Kovind’s statement comes in the backdrop of protests by thousands of people in multiple cities and towns across the country since last month, against the new citizenship law that they say discriminates against the minority Muslim community.

“I am happy that by enacting the Citizenship Amendment Act by both houses of parliament, the wishes of Mahatma Gandhi have been fulfilled,” the President said. Members of the opposition raised slogans against the President’s statements on the citizenship law, even as BJP MPs applauded.