In her address to a joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday (January 28, 2026) asked MPs to stand as one on issues of national security, Viksit Bharat (developed India) and the campaign for ‘swadeshi’, adding that the government was working towards social justice.
Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Babasaheb Ambedkar, and leaders such as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia, Deendayal Upadhyaya, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, she said that “amid different opinions and diverse viewpoints, there has been unanimity about nothing being greater than the nation.”
Amid unease over certain sections of the University Grants Commission’s regulations to promote equity in higher education institutions, the President said the government was working with “full sensitivity” for all – for Dalits, backward classes, the marginalised and tribal communities. President Murmu further said her government was committed to social justice.
In 2014, social security schemes could reach only 25 crore citizens, she said, adding, that efforts of the government have seen 95 crore Indians receiving social security cover currently. “My government is working with full sensitivity for all – for Dalits, backward classes, the marginalised and tribal communities,” she said.
