President’s Address addresses the Emergency and Economic Development in the Joint Sitting

President Murmu addressed Parliament, condemning the 1975 Emergency, praising India's economic growth, and addressing NEET controversies. She emphasized the government's commitment to fair investigations, urged non-partisan cooperation on exam issues, and stressed the importance of smooth parliamentary functioning for public trust.

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu in her speech in the new Parliament session mentioned about the 1975 Emergency, India’s development, and the latest controversies that are related to examinations. 

President Murmu stated that ‘It was the biggest and the darkest chapter of direct attack on the Constitution,’ while informing the members of the two houses of Parliament on 27 June 2024 about the Emergency imposed on 25 June 1975. 

In his speech, the President touched upon the economic performance of India indicating that the country is now the fastest growing large economy of the world and has risen to the 5th rank from the 11th position in terms of gross domestic product. They had discussed about the government plans on transforming India as one of the top three largest economy in the world and the growth of manufacturing, service and agricultural industries. 

In response to emerging issues concerning NEET, President Murmu expressed confidence that the government is committed to tackle cases of leakage of question papers and act against the offenders. She called for non-partisan attitude in government recruitments and examinations. 

The Presidential address, which is mainly centered on the successes and prospects of the government and development agendas, also emphasized the proper functioning of the parliament. He tried to make a distinction between policy obstruction and delaying parliamentary proceedings and called for healthy debates for people to have faith in the system. 

Towards the end of the address it set a background for other parliamentary discourses particularly the Motion of Thanks in which these issues are supposed to be explained. 

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This is presented after the most recent general elections to mark the commencement of a new parliamentary session and the material in this speech will define political debates for the upcoming few weeks.