Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the joint session of Parliament presented a comprehensive roadmap for progress and good governance.

In a post on X, PM Modi highlighted President Murmu’s address as “comprehensive.”

“Rashtrapati Ji’s address to both Houses of Parliament was comprehensive and presented a roadmap of progress and good governance,” PM Modi said.

“It covered the strides India has been making and also the potential that lies ahead. Her address also mentioned some of the major challenges we have to collectively overcome to ensure a qualitative change in the lives of our citizens.”

Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary lauded the President’s address, describing it as a message of solidarity, progress, and development.

“The President gave us a message of solidarity, of taking the country forward and how we can make it a developed country by 2047. There’s a clear vision and a clear path that she laid down. Our democratic institutions are strong. We take pride in them. We have faith in them,” he said.

“She spoke about the excellent role the Election Commission has played, the way common people have forward and voted, the way women have decided their future by voting for a government and a representative of their choice”.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale decried the opposition for criticizing the address. “The President’s address mentions the decisions of the government. New schemes will be introduced through the Budget. But the opposition is criticizing it for no reason,” Athawale said, dismissing the allegations of the opposition as unfounded.

President Murmu on Thursday assured the nation that major socio-economic decisions will be announced in
the upcoming budget session.

(With ANI input)