No place for poverty in new India: President Kovind in maiden I-Day address

Lauds people for patience following note ban, backing war against graft, extols Swachch Bharat

Key point of President Kovind's first address to the nation on eve of Independence Day 

• I congratulate the nation on the eve of Independence Day:

• When we became a free nation on August 15, 1947, the sovereignty and the ownership of our destiny shifted from Britain to the people of India.

• We are indebted to those who laid down there lives for our independence: 

• We must take inspiration from those who gave their lives for the nation & move forward

• Govt has started Swachch Bharat campaign but it is the duty of each one of us to keep the nation clean 

• There is no place for