Vice President asks students to develop "constructive and

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday urged students to develop a constructive and positive attitude and also indulge in physical activities and yoga regularly.

"The country needs a positive attitude and hence students should nurture and develop positive attitude and not obstructive or destructive attitude," Naidu said at the 28th convocation of Pondicherry University here.

In a veiled reference to the happenings across the country, the Vice President said, "some people believe in destruction and we see what is happening now."
Naidu, who handed over degrees and gold medals to students of various disciplines, said "in a democracy one could really speak whatever they wanted to... they could agitate but in a democratic and peaceful manner."
"...By indulging in destruction one would only cause destruction to the future and to the country."
He recalled that he had been saying in almost all fora that "people may have law and police but there is every need for a political will, administrative skill to go for the kill of any social evil."
The Vice President, who is also Chancellor of Pondicherry University, said "commotion should never be created as some people are doing now as our country is known for promoting empathy."
Naidu also said universities should not remain 'proverbial ivory towers' and should 'create, connect and transmit knowledge across generations and geographies.'
Appealing to universities to dispense with colonial convocation outfits, he suggested "We must have simple Indian khadi or silk cloth."