Overview
- Opening the Lok Sabha debate, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal praised the President’s address as an inclusive roadmap for social justice and a Viksit Bharat.
- He highlighted Droupadi Murmu’s identity as the first Adivasi, the second woman, and the youngest to serve as President, calling her address remarkable.
- Targeting the Congress, he alleged past corruption and policy paralysis, citing the 2G spectrum, coal block and Commonwealth Games cases.
- Arguing the Northeast was long neglected, he claimed projects came only after agitations, invoked Jawaharlal Nehru’s 1962 stance, and said voters in the region have rejected the Congress.
- He appealed to the Opposition to “drop hatred” and join a 2047 development push, while claiming India has seen rapid post‑2014 growth and become the world’s fourth‑largest economy.