President Kovind makes pitch for swadeshi to build 'a better tomorrow'

Protests in parliament against CAA, NRC mar his address

Hearkening back to the post-independence decades, when the slogan was “be Indian, buy Indian”, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appealed to the people to “transform the philosophy of ‘buy local for a better tomorrow’ into a movement”.

In his address to the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament, a customary address that details the government’s programmes and policies at the start of the first session of a new year, the President “urged every Indian to give priority to local products”. 

The Budget session of Parliament started on Friday.

“By using locally manufactured products, you will be able to help the