President Draupadi Murmu on Thursday inaugurated a three-day international festival, ‘Unmesh and Utkarsh’ being organised for the first time in the country to express India’s folk and tribes’ culture in Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh.

• On her arrival at the capital city of the state, MP Governor Mangubhai Patel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Ministers Dr Narottam Mishra and Bhupendra Singh welcomed the President at the airport.
• Addressing the inaugural session of the event, President Murmu said that the tribal heritage of MP is extremely rich and most of the tribes reside here.
• “We should make efforts collectively to become a partner in the advanced development of the tribal community protecting our culture, ethos, customs and natural environment”, the President said.