President-elect Kovind's children revel in joy but know their bounds

"I think the position of our father as President has thrust more responsibility on us, the family as a whole, to be more circumspect. We need to be out of public glare, after all it is the highest constitutional post where utmost dignity needs to be maintained," said Prashant Kumar, son of President Elect Ram Nath Kovind, requesting the rampaging camera crews not to talk to his children.

Reveling in the joy of their father's glory, son Prashant and daughter Swati had nervousness written large on their faces as one channels raced to take their bytes on their views about their father, who was first declared as NDA's candidate for the President's post and then declared as President- elect on Thursday.

"We have lived a rather comfortable life but are very much aware what all went into the making of our father...the kind of difficult and struggling life he had and yet he never went astray and remained a simple and modest person. As I know him, this post is not going to change his basic character. He will not entertain any interference and will go as per the constitution in all matters. He is a man of principles," said Prashant who works in the private sector.

Swati, who is doing private job in an airlines, said, "It is just a celebration for a few days. After this I'll go back to my job. This is what we have learnt from our father, always be down to earth. He is very methodical and modest, without any attitude. I have no reason that either he will change or because of him we will change."