Glowing tributes were paid to the Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary on Thursday. The day was celebrated as ‘ Ekta Diwas’ by the Congress party.
Addressing a programme organised by the party at the state headquarters of the Congress party, the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Pritam Singh said that the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi on peace and non violence should be spread and every Indian should be made aware about them.
He said that it is unfortunate that people who supported the polices of Nathuram Godse, the murderer of Gandhi, sitting in power and are now murdering the ideas of the father of the nation. Singh said that the Congress party has always supported the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and have believed in the progress of every section of the society.
He said that Mahatma Gandhi resolved to throw the English out of the country and gave the slogan of ‘ Quit India’. Lakhs of men and women followed Gandhi and chanted the slogan of Quit India which filled the British rulers with fear and they started suppressing the freedom struggle with brute force.
“The freedom fighters were cane-charged and even bullets were sprayed over them, many were imprisoned but all this failed to deter the freedom fighters from their path. Their steely resolve paved the way for the liberation of the country,’’ he said.
The PCC president that the thoughts and ideas of the Mahatma Gandhi are still relevant today and the whole world wants to follow the path shown by him. He said that we should always remember the role played by the freedom fighters in achieving the freedom and all the members of the Congress party pay tribute to them.
Singh said that the all the Congressmen take pride in being the flag bearers of the tradition of Gandhi and his ideas. He said that inspiration from life and ideas of Mahatma Gandhi should be used in nation building and this would be the biggest tribute to the father of nation. The PCC president felicitated senior members of the party on the occasion. Former ministers Dinesh Agarwal, Matbar Singh Kandari, Vice President Surya Kant Dhasmana, Sanjay Paliwal, former MLA Vijay Pal Sajwan, Aryendra Sharma, B S Negi, Mahanagar President Lal Chand Sharma, Navin Payal, Pranita Badoni, R P Raturi, Garima Dasauni and large number of party leaders and workers were present on the occasion.