Bidding adieu to his “beautiful and eventful” five years in Rashtrapati Bhavan, outgoing President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday urged Indians to build a developed society where poverty did not exist, neither did illiteracy nor crimes against women and children। He also urged citizens to build India as a developed nation where governance was responsive, transparent and corruption free.
“I will always be with you, dear citizens, in the great mission of making India a developed nation before 2020,” Kalam said in his farewell address to the nation।
The outgoing President also cautioned that in the pursuit of economic growth, care needed to be taken to preserve the rich and diverse treasures of the country। “It is our duty for future generations. This has to be done in a much larger scale through countrywide participation of multiple institutions,” Kalam said. He added that his mission in life would be to connect a billion hearts and minds of people in the multicultural society and to embed in them the self confidence that “we can do it”.
Kalam reminded his countrymen that their mission for a developed nation should ensure education with values, without denying opportunities to meritorious candidates irrespective of societal or economic stature. He also added that India should evolve into a nation which would be the best destination for most talented scholars, scientists and investors as it grew future.
“With the ignited minds of the 540 million youth below the age of 25, which I consider is the most powerful resource on the earth, under the earth and above the earth, we have to empower the youth through value-based education and leadership,” said Kalam।
The missile-man, who earned the reputation of being a people’s President, asked Indians to resolve to work towards realising the missions of developed India 2020। He underlined that the developed nation of his dreams should be one of the best places to live in, ensuring health care to all, equitable access to energy and water to all. He envisioned a nation that was prosperous, healthy, secure, peaceful and happy and on a sustainable growth path, where agriculture, industry and service sectors worked in symphony and where the divide between urban and rural did not exist.
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