Mr Mukherjee said: “There is no good or bad terrorism; it is pure evil. We must guard against the forces of violence, intolerance and unreason.The President also said terrorism is “war beyond any doctrine” and a “cancer which must be operated out with a firm scalpel”.The President lauded the start-up initiatives launched by the NDA government while he raised an alarm over rising pollution levels in cities, that come in the backdrop of the “odd-even” scheme recently implemented by the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi.Must guard ourselves against forces of intolerance, unreason, says PranabPresident Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that ideally dialogue should be a continual engagement for resolving disputes among nations, but peace cannot be discussed under a “shower of bullets”.Mr Mukherjee said the Indian subcontinent has a historic opportunity to become a beacon to the world at a time of great danger.The President said “the year 2015 has been a year of challenges, during which the global economy remained subdued.. There will be disputes among nations; and, as is well known, the closer we are to a neighbour, the higher the propensity for disputes,” he said, in an oblique reference to Pakistan. India’s economy also had to face the blowback. “
We must attempt to resolve the complex edges of the emotional and geo-political inheritance with neighbours through a peaceful dialogue, and invest in mutual prosperity by recognising that human beings are best defined by a humane spirit, and not their worst instincts.” Mr Mukherjee said while nations will not agree on everything, the challenge today was existential because terrorists seek to undermine order by rejecting the very basis of strategic stability. But we cannot discuss peace under a shower of bullets,” he said. In such a troubled environment, no one nation could be an oasis of growth. Uncertainty marked the institutional responses. Unpredictability ruled the commodity markets.On the alarming levels of pollution in the cities, he said everyone had the right to lead a healthy, happy and productive life in India. Our example can be its Shower Chairs Manufacturers own message to a world in anxious need of amity,” he said. “While large parts of India were affected by severe drought, other areas reeled under devastating floods.” The President said there will be occasional doubters and baiters who continue to complain, to demand, to rebel. Rural employment and income levels suffered. “This right has been breached, especially in our cities, where pollution has reached alarming levels.. Our manufacturing sector is yet to recover fully,” he said.
