The principal interest in the President's Address at the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament after a new government assumes office, is the possible indication(s) regarding immediate policy thrusts, and fresh initiatives of the regime which has been in harness for barely a couple of weeks.

This charm however did not exist for President Ram Nath Kovind's speech, because Modi 2.0 is a reincarnate of the previous regime.

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