‘Never dreamt a child from a village would occupy top post’: President Ram Nath Kovind

On a go to to his native village of Paraunkh in Kanpur Dehat on Sunday, President Ram Nath Kovind stated he had by no means dreamt {that a} village boy like him would go on to carry the very best constitutional publish within the nation. He hailed the nation’s democratic system for making this potential.
Addressing a gathering at Paraunkh, Kovind stated: “We are all citizens of the country but the only difference is that the Constitution recognizes the President as the first citizen. Not even in my dreams had I thought that an ordinary child from a small village would someday occupy the topmost post in the country. It’s our democratic system that made it possible. One need not be from a political or a well-known family to become the Governor or President anymore.”
He stated that whereas quite a lot of Prime Ministers have been from Uttar Pradesh, he’s the primary from the state to turn out to be President. He added that the doorways at the moment are open for extra little kids of the soil to not solely aspire to the very best constitutional publish but in addition get there.
The President bowed and touched the soil after his chopper landed. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Anandiben Patel had been ready to increase greetings.
From there, the First Citizen, First Lady Savita Kovind and others visited the native Pathri Mata Mandir earlier than paying tribute to B R Ambedkar at Dr Ambedkar Bhawan within the village. Before reaching the principle occasion website, the President visited his home, which is now within the care of the native gram panchayat and has been was a ‘Milan Kendra’ (assembly place). He requested the native authorities to make use of the property for women-related occasions or conferences of self-help teams.

Recalling his days within the village, the place he stayed until eighth customary earlier than leaving for Kanpur and finally Delhi, the President expressed happiness at the way it had developed. He stated the odor of its soil and the reminiscences of its residents will all the time be in his coronary heart. Kovind stated for him, Paraunkh is not only a village however his motherland, which impressed him to rise to the heights that he did and serve the nation.
Regarding the pandemic, he urged the residents to shed vaccine hesitancy and encourage others to get the jab.