Ram Nath Kovind

The Central government is following a policy of empowerment and not appeasement towards the minority communities, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Monday. In his address to a joint sitting of Parliament on the first day of the Budget Session, Kovind said the Narendra Modi government had a policy of "tushtikaran nahi, sashaktikaran" (empowerment not appeasement) towards the minority communities.