In his farewell address to the nation, Ram Nath Kovind has stressed the need to protect our environment for future generations. The now former president needs to himself introspect what he has done in this direction during his tenure. He has been a very passive spectator to the various crises our nation has been facing. As President of our country he should have been vocal on issues that matter. He has an important role in the country’s governance as the executive powers of the Union are vested in him and is part of the Union Executive. But he has not intervened on even the attempts to divide us by hate speeches by those fringe elements with the support of the ruling party. Ram Nath Kovind has silently watched the autonomy of the Reserve Bank, Election Commission and other vital institutions being dismantled. The Nation expects the President to be proactive and not a rubber stamp. We will now have to wait and see how Droupadi Murmu performs as the constitutional head of our nation.
