In his address to the nation for the 68th Independence Day, President Pranab Mukherjee lauded the electoral process which created a government from a single party after three decades.
President Mukherjee said, "We have reaffirmed the power of our individual and collective liberties by electing through a remarkably peaceful electoral process, a stable government with a clear majority for a single party, after three decades."
He also expressed delight in the increase in voter turnout in the 2014 elections. "The increase in voter turnout to 66 per cent from the last election's 58 per cent shows the vitality of our democracy. This achievement has given us an opportunity to take up the challenge of governance by reforming the policies, practices and systems of governance so that the enormous aspirations of our people can be fulfilled with vision, commitment, integrity, speed and administrative capability," he said.