President Murmu attended Dussehra celebrations hosted by the Shri Dharmik Leela Committee at the ground opposite the Red Fort here, while Prime Minister Modi took part in an event held in Dwarka
Murmu made the remarks in her address at the first convocation ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi Central University at Motihari in East Champaran district of Bihar.
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday alleged that she was prevented from leaving her home in view of President Droupadi Murmu's visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing 55th Foundation Day celebrations organised by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Murmu said India is progressing towards becoming a leading nation.
He met her here on Tuesdy along with TDP MPs Kesineni Nandi, Galla Jayadev, K. Rammohan Naidu, and Kanakamedala Ravindrakumar, and took to her notice the arrest of former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.