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Overwhelmed, says Kalam

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI JUNE 13. The Presidential candidate, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has thanked the "leaders, political parties and the nation for the confidence and faith" they have reposed in him. "The post of President of India indeed reflects the integrated aspiration of the nation,'' he said in a statement today.

Initially, Dr. Kalam was scheduled to meet the press this morning, but the meeting was called off. Instead, the former Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union Government released a statement, which he later read out to the media at Anna University.

Dr. Kalam was ``really overwhelmed'' at the many phone calls, e-mails and media reports which were ``pouring in continuously from Monday onwards,'' after the announcement of his candidature. Since then everyone had been asking for a message from him. He recalled a ``famous Indian thought'' that ``whatever happened has happened for the good, whatever is happening is happening for the good and whatever will happen, will happen for the good''.

Sharing a personal anecdote, Dr. Kalam said that while he was recently addressing a student group at Porbandor, he was asked by a Class X girl what his message was for the young people. He told her that everyone should grow with the thought that ``the nation is bigger than the individual''.

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