On the occasion of the 68th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a State-level convention on ‘Gandhi and Peace’ was held here on Saturday. A large number of women organised a huge rally from the Gandhi Chowk to the Circuit house field.
Giving importance to peace and ban on liquor, well-know Gandhain Dr SN Subba Rao said, “We should achieve Gandhi’s vision of a hunger-free, corruption-free, liquor-free India.”
liquor is the root cause of violence and hindrance; so, the Government should ban the sale of liquor, he added.
Swami Agnivesh said, “liquor is the mother of all crimes and it should be banned throughout the country.” For this noble cause, he will hold a women’s rally on October 2 at the lalkilla, New Delhi with a congregation of women from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.
He also urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to take immediate action to prohibit the sale of liquor in Odisha.
Giving emphasis on similarities in religions, Agnivesh also said people should pay respect to all religions. “Peace and harmony among the people of different castes, creed, cultures and diversities is more relevant today,” he said.
Gandhi’s philosophy is more relevant today for all-round development of all sections of people, said MP Baishnab Parida.
Among others, Saheed Smruti Sansad president Gyana Ranjan Beauri, founder president Rutupurna Mohanty, working president Muna Tripathy and MlA Bhujabala Majhi were present, among others.