President Droupadi Murmu today said that the Indian Constitution has enabled numerous silent revolutions, in the field of gender justice, and protection of life and dignity since its inception. Addressing the conference of National Human Rights Institutions of the Asia Pacific region in New Delhi, the President said that over the years, the government has also launched a number of ambitious schemes to ensure basic facilities like housing, toilets, education, and health facilities and thus protect the dignity of the poor.
The President said that India has ensured a minimum of 33 percent reservation for women in local bodies elections. She added that similar reservation for women in the state assemblies and national Parliament is taking shape now. The President said that it will be the most transformative revolution in our times for gender justice
President Murmu stressed that Mahatma Gandhi’s life and thoughts gave a path to shaping the Universal Declaration for Human Rights. She said that Mahatma Gandhi inspired many lives about the discrimination and fight against dignity after an incident in South Africa during a train journey. Highlighting the contribution of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the President said, Dr. B R Ambedkar was an advent champion of Human Rights, who taught the depressed classes to stand up for their rights and live with dignity.
