UP adopted a unanimous resolution on Friday to congratulate Ram Nath Kovind for being elected as the 14th President of the country. The resolution was moved by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the house. He said it was a rare honour for the people of Uttar Pradesh that a person born in the state in a poor family from the disadvantaged section of the society has risen to the highest constitutional office of the country.
``Ramnath Kovind comes from a humble background who has worked for uplifting the people of weaker sections all his life his life. He is the true son of the soil, an eminent socialist, lawyer and parliamentarian who was sensitive to the problems of the disadvantaged sections of the society’’, said the CM.
CM said after obtaining the degree of law from Kanpur university he went to Delhi to prepare for the civil services and was successful but je preferred legal practice in Delhi high court and served as the counsel of the Central government from 1977 to 1979 and later as the standing counsel of the Central government in supreme court from 1980 to 1993. He joined the BJP in 1991 and in 1993 he was nominated for the Rajya Sabha and he was again elected for the Rajya Sabha in 2000 from UP.
Ramnath Kovind served in different parliamentary committees and also held organisational position in the BJP and addressed the UN general assembly in 2002. .
``His tenure as the governor of Bihar from august 2015 to June 20 2017 was marked by cordial relations with the state government. UP assembly congratulates Ramnath Kovind on his election as the President of India’’, said the chief minister.
later the parliamentary affairs minister Suresh Khanna read the text of the resolution. . This house congratulates Ramnath Kovind and sends good wishes on his election as President. The country will march forward on the path of progress and democracy will be strengthened. It’s a matter of pride for the people, of UP, that a person born in the state is set to become the first citizen of India’’.
Suresh Khanna also expressed his gratitude for the MlAs of the BJP and its allies and the MlAs of the other parties also who had voted for Ramnath Kovind. Quoting the William Shakespeare the minister said Ramnath Kovind ``some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them’’.
Speaker of the assemblyHridya Narain Dikshit said the election of Ramnath Kovind to the highest office of the country has sent a right message to the international forces inimical to the interest of India and who had the arrogance of telling the world that they want to civilis India. He said he would send the congratulatory message from the UP assembly to the President.