Growing up, by no means imagined that village boy like me would occupy highest publish in nation: President Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday mentioned he had by no means imagined that an odd village boy like him would have the honour of occupying the very best publish within the nation, and thanked the individuals of his birthplace for this.
He was addressing a gathering on the Paraunkh village, which is his birthplace, in Kanpur Dehat district.
“I had never imagined even in my dreams that an ordinary village boy like me would have the honour of occupying the highest post in the country. But, our democratic system made this possible,” Kovind mentioned.

Some moments of President Kovind visiting his native village Paraunkh in Kanpur Dehat. The President paid tributes to Babasaheb Dr B.R. Ambedkar, visited Milan Kendra & Veerangana Jhalkari Bai Inter College and addressed a Jan Sambodhan Samorah. pic.twitter.com/FQkuh7Aqy7
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“Wherever I have reached today, the credit goes to the soil of this village, this region, and to your love and blessings,” he mentioned and in addition paid tributes to freedom fighters and makers of the Constitution.

“According to my family’s ‘sanskaar’ (values), the oldest woman in the village is given the status of mother and the oldest man is given the status of father, irrespective of caste or community. Today, I feel happy that this tradition of giving respect to the elders in our family is still continuing,” Kovind mentioned.

He mentioned that the scent of soil of the village and the reminiscences of its residents at all times stay etched in his coronary heart. “For me Paraunkh is not only a village, it is my ‘maatribhoomi’ (motherland) from where I get inspiration to serve the country,” Kovind mentioned.
“This inspiration has made me reach from high court to the Supreme Court to the Rajya Sabha. From the Rajya Sabha, I moved to the Raj Bhavan and from there to the Rashtrapati Bhavan,” the president mentioned.
Kovind additionally recited a Sanskrit phrase to spotlight the pleasure of ‘janmabhoomi’ (homeland), and mentioned, “The pride of a mother who gives birth (to a child) and the ‘janmabhoomi’ is greater than heaven.”

Kovind on Sunday morning reached Paraunkh village the place he was welcomed by Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, mentioned Vikas Rai, the PRO to SP Kanpur Dehat. He took a spherical of the village together with Patel and Adityanath.
Kovind, alongside together with his spouse and daughter, additionally visited the Pathri Devi temple the place they provided prayers.