Pranab Mukherjee Farewell Speech

President Pranab Mukherjee today said the soul of India resides in pluralism and tolerance and the nation must free its public discourse from "all forms of violence, physical as well as verbal". In his farewell address to the nation, the President - who will hand over charge of the nation's highest office to Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday -- said India...

Outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the nation today. Here's the full text of his speech

Pranab Mukherjee, in his last address to the nation as the President of India, said that the "soul of India resides in pluralism and tolerance." He thanked the citizens for their trust and confidence in him. "For the past fifty years of my public life my sacred text has been the Constitution of India. My temple has been the Parliament of India and ...

President Pranab Mukherjee, who quits the highest office of the country on July 25 as his successor Ram Nath Kovind formally takes over, was nostalgic about his nearly four-decade association with parliament.

The Indian Constitution represents the "hopes and aspirations of a billion people" and there has to be a balance between change and continuity, President Pranab Mukherjee told an audience of lawmakers who had gathered in Parliament's Central Hall to bid him farewell this evening.

BJP leader Yaswhant Sinha today took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Lokpal Bill debate speech in Lok Sabha, calling it a "farewell speech". Mr Sinha's observation during the debate on the Lokpal Bill in the Lower House was countered a few hours later by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who sarcastically told opposition BJP not to be impa...

President Pranab Mukherjee today said the soul of India resides in pluralism and tolerance and the nation must free its public discourse from "all forms of violence, physical as well as verbal". In his farewell address to the nation, the President - who will hand over charge of the nation's highest office to Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday -- said India...

Outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the nation today. Here's the full text of his speech

Pranab Mukherjee, in his last address to the nation as the President of India, said that the "soul of India resides in pluralism and tolerance." He thanked the citizens for their trust and confidence in him. "For the past fifty years of my public life my sacred text has been the Constitution of India. My temple has been the Parliament of India and ...

President Pranab Mukherjee, who quits the highest office of the country on July 25 as his successor Ram Nath Kovind formally takes over, was nostalgic about his nearly four-decade association with parliament.

The Indian Constitution represents the "hopes and aspirations of a billion people" and there has to be a balance between change and continuity, President Pranab Mukherjee told an audience of lawmakers who had gathered in Parliament's Central Hall to bid him farewell this evening.

BJP leader Yaswhant Sinha today took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Lokpal Bill debate speech in Lok Sabha, calling it a "farewell speech". Mr Sinha's observation during the debate on the Lokpal Bill in the Lower House was countered a few hours later by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who sarcastically told opposition BJP not to be impa...