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Remain non-violent when fighting for a cause: President on Republic Day eve

His remarks come in the backdrop of protests against the new citizenship law although he made no reference to them

President Ram Nath Kovind
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President Ram Nath Kovind on the eve of Republic Day.

Press Trust of India New Delhi
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday urged people, particularly the youth, to remain non-violent when fighting for a cause and stressed on the need to "hold fast to constitutional methods" of achieving social and economic objectives.

His remarks come in the backdrop of protests against the new citizenship law although he made no reference to them.

In his customary address to the nation on the eve of 71st Republic Day, Kovind cited Mahatma Gandhi's gift of 'Ahimsa' (non-violence) to the humanity and said that his talisman for deciding whether an act is right or wrong "applies to the functioning of

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