“Our Constitution provides the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and it also enjoins upon citizens the duty to safeguard public property and to abjure violence.”

Indian politician and lawyer

Ram Nath Kovind is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh, and the first member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, to hold that office. Before becoming president, he served as governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and represented Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha for two consecutive terms. Earlier in his career, he practiced law in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India until 1993.