Democracy has capacity to reconcile differences, bring out best of citizens’ potential: President Ram Nath Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind, who is on a four-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, said violence was never part of “Kashmiriyat”, but became a daily reality

President Ram Nath Kovind asserted on July 27 that democracy has the capacity to reconcile all differences and bring out the best of the citizens’ potential, saying Kashmir is “happily” realising this vision. “Democracy, I firmly believe, has within it the capacity to reconcile all differences and also the capacity to bring out the best of the citizens’ potential. Kashmir, happily, is already realising this vision,” the President said in his convocation address at the Kashmir University in Srinagar. Mr. Kovind, who is on a four-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, said violence was never part of “Kashmiriyat”, but became a daily reality.