President Kovind In I-Day Eve Speech
- 14-Aug-2019
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J&K To Benefit From Revocation Of Special Status New Delhi: The revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and the passage of Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament remained the key highlights of President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the nation delivered on the eve of India’s 73rd Independence Day. Kovind expressed confidence that the people of J&K will immensely benefit from the revocation of provisions of Article 370 that gave special status to the state and its bifurcation into two Union Territories. On August, the Narendra Modi-led central government announced the removal of some provisions of Article 370 to take away Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and proposed bifurcation of the state into two Union territories—Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The measures later secured Parliament’s approval. The two UTs will come into existence on October 31. Talking about the laws that will be implemented in Kashmir after the scrapping of the special status, Kovind enlights progressive, egalitarian laws and provisions related to RTE. Accessing public info through RTI; reservations in education and employment and other facilities for deprived communities The president argued that the law against triple talaq will deliver justice to India’s daughters. In addition, Kovind highlighted the need for the government to build financial infrastructure in the form of a transparent, inclusive banking system, an online friendly tax system and easier access to capital for legitimate entrepreneurs. Kovind said contemporary India is very different from the India in which Mahatma Gandhi lived and worked. Gandhiji remains extremely relevant. In his advocacy of sustainability, ecological sensitivity and living in harmony with nature, he anticipated pressing challenges of our times. He said, When we design and deliver welfare programmes for our disadvantaged fellow citizens and families, when we seek to harness the power of the sun as renewable energy, we put Gandhian philosophy into action.
