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President-Prime Minister in Paraunkh Special Story

CONVERGENCE OF

CONSTITUTION AND

SANSKAAR

The date of the presidential election, the highest constitutional post in the country, has been
announced. But about a week before the announcement of the formal election process for the
President, which takes place every five years, the country became a witness to one of the most alluring
sights in Paraunkh village of Uttar Pradesh, which captivated everyone. Incumbent President of the
country Ramnath Kovind broke protocol and invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Paraunkh.
Paraunkh is the ancestral village of President Ramnath Kovind where he hosted the Prime Minister.
The dignity of the Constitution as well as the best examples of such uniqueness of Indian customs are
seldom seen, as the President and the Prime Minister mentioned in their addresses.

village where a national-level leader arrived for the first time about 50-55 years ago. Many
people in the village then saw the jeep for the first time in their lives. That was the village of
Paraunkh in Kanpur and the leader was Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia. But when a son of this land
A from a modest background reached the highest constitutional position of the country on whose
invitation Prime Minister reached the same village then it truly becomes a historic event for that village
and the surrounding area. Let us find out how this bonhomie in the relationship between them displayed
a very extraordinary spectacle.

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