Tricolour's insult during farmers' protest very unfortunate, says President

The govt's prompt response helped save millions amid the coronavirus pandemic, President Ram Nath Kovind said while addressing a joint session of Parliament on Day 1 of the Budget session

Our Constitution gives every citizen the right to free speech and peaceful protest, but the insult of the national tricolor and the Republic Day itself by protesting farmers was “very unfortunate”, said President Ram Nath Kovind while addressing the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget session.

The three new farm laws being opposed by farmers were in their own interest and only added to the rights they had under the previous farm law regime, he said, adding that the three new farm laws had been passed by Parliament after extensive deliberations