Diversity key to India's success: President Ram Nath Kovind

We need to build an India that is an economic leader as well as a moral exemplar: President

Ram Nath Kovind (71) was on Tuesday sworn in as India’s 14th President.

After K R Narayanan, who served from 1997 to 2002, Kovind is the second Dalit to be elected to the country’s top constitutional post. He is also the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member to occupy the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

In his first address as President after being administered the oath of office by Chief Justice J S Khehar, Kovind said: “The key to India’s success is its diversity. Our diversity is the core that makes us so unique. We need to build an India that is an