President Droupadi Murmu recalled the struggles of women to get the right to vote and asserted that “daughters” are the biggest hope of our nation. She also hailed the people who made “enormous sacrifices” to make a free India.
In an address to the nation on the Independence Day eve, she said, “Tomorrow marks the day when we freed ourselves from shackles of colonial rulers. We bow and celebrate those who made enormous sacrifices to make it possible for us to live in free India.”
“In most other well-established democracies, women had to wage long-drawn struggles to get right to vote. But India can be credited to have helped world discover true potential of democracy… Our daughters are the biggest hope for the nation,” she asserted.
Talking about the government’s decision to acknowledge the struggle of people in the country’s freedom, President Murmu went on to say, “Many heroes and their struggles were forgotten, especially among peasants and tribals. Govt’s decision to observe November 15 as ‘Janajatiya Gaurav Divas’ is welcome as our tribal heroes aren’t merely local or regional icons but inspire entire nation.”
“In celebrating Independence Day, we celebrate our ‘Bharatiyata’. India is full of diversity. But, we all also have something in common. It is this common thread that binds us together & inspires us to walk together with the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’,” she said concluding her speech.
