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Mukherjee was addressing a joint session of the Parliament on the first day of the Budget Session

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	President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hailed the nation for declaring &quot;over 1.4 lakh villages, 450 cities, 77 districts and three states as open defecation free&quot;.</div>
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	&quot;My government salutes the strength of the <em>janashakti</em> (peoples&#39; power) to constructively utilise <em>Rashtra Nirman</em> (nation building),&quot; Mukherjee said while addressing the joint session of Parliament on the first day of the Budget Session.</div>

1.4 lakh villages, 450 cities declared open defecation free: President

Mukherjee was addressing a joint session of the Parliament on the first day of the Budget Session

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