Attacks on weaker sections should be dealt with firmly: says President Pranab Mukherjee in his address on 14 August 2016

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday evening denounced the recent communal attacks in the country and said that these attacks on weaker sections+ need to be dealt with firmly.

"Attacks on weaker sections that militate against our national ethos are aberrations that need to be dealt with firmly," President Mukherjee+ said in his address to the nation on the eve of India's 70th Independence Day--his fifth since assuming office.

President said the collective wisdom of our society and our polity gave him the confidence that such forces will remain marginalised and India's growth will continue uninterrupted. "The collective wisdom of our society and our polity gives me the confidence that such forces will remain marginalized," he said.

Coming down heavily on forces of intolerance+ , Mukherjee cautioned against "unmindful pursuit" of a divisive political agenda and polarising debates by groups and individuals, saying they lead to institutional "travesty" and constitutional "subversion".

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