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GOA SU-RAJ Party wishes the people of GOA and the people of our beloved nation India, " Happy 54th. Republic Day Celebrations." Today, the people of India will be witnessing, through the Republic Day Parade in our capital city New Delhi, the display of the might of our nation to defend itself against its external enemies. We shall also witness our country's cultural, linguistic and ethnic bonds that make this nation one of the greatest nations in the world. We shall also see the display of the bonds of friendship that our nation has with other comity of nations, who wish our nation well. In his long and eloquent Republic day address to the nation, our beloved President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has put before us a vision that our dear national and state leaders have for us in the year 2020. And it warms our hearts to know that good things and good tidings are in store for us just 17 years ahead. In recent times, we have been witness to the unprecedented encroachments on the Secular fabric of our Constitution, which is the formula devised and adopted by our peers and the drafters of the same that will keep this nation together in all it diversity, multiplicity and ethnicity with linguistic panorama and allow it to forge ahead to be the un-paralleled leader of the world. And it is sad for the nation to see that on this day of the show of solidarity of the nation' from within, the very forces that are acting as the catalyst in destroying our national unity in diversity are hogging the limelight and taking the credit for our nation's progress for the last 54 years. >From the outside, our nation is a figure of a giant tree displaying an aura of health and stability, dwarfing others in the immediate vicinity. But it does not auger well for this giant if its roots be allowed to be attacked and be steadily eaten away by deadly termites in the name of religion and majority percentages. This giant tree must eventually succumb to these divisive forces and fall to the ground and disintegrate. Let the display of our missiles and guns, warships and warplanes, men and resources along with the power of the people of this great nation be channelised, first, to flush out the enemy from within before we train them outwards to defend ourselves from our external enemies. Secured, to grow in wisdom , health and unity, the external enemy will realize the futility of engaging with a vibrant and strong India and will want to extend its co-operation to live in peace. And, the vision that has been spelled out for us by our dear President will but be realized and fulfilled. Otherwise, it will remain on the paper that it has been written on, the only beneficiary being the waste paper basket. President
