'Attacks on weaker sections to be dealt firmly'
Addressing the nation on the eve of India's 70th Independence Day, President Pranab Mukherjee expressed concern over the recent violence against Dalits. "Attacks on weaker sections... need to be dealt with firmly", he said. Adding that "India’s remarkable growth story will continue uninterrupted", he said that "forces of divisiveness and intolerance" have erupted in India over the last four years.