Followers and true admirers of Mahatma Gandhi in the city will get to hear about the life and works of Gandhiji as the Khadi Board and Village Industries Board here would organise ‘Gandhi Katha’ at Gandhi Mandap at its premises every month.
This was announced by Odisha Khadi and Village Industries Board President Tejewar Parida on the occasion of the Kranti Divas here on Sunday when the Gadhi Katha programme was first held in the evening. The programme, held in association with the Gandhi Bichar Abhiyan, was presided over by Parida.
Describing Gandhiji as a powerful symbol of conscience, Parida stressed on the need for sensitising youths on the role of Gandhian principles in social, economic and national development.
As chief guest, freedom fighter and former MP Bhabani Charan Pattanaik underlined the need for organising Gnadhi Katha at various places while chief speaker Utkal Gandhi Smarak Nidhi president Prahlad Sinha spoke on Gandhiji’s life, ideologies and their manifestations.