Chandigarh

'Verses of Bhagwat Gita to be included in school curriculum'

PNS

Haryana CM Manohar lal on Sunday said that in order to inculcate moral values in students, the verses of Bhagwat Gita would be included in the school curriculum. There is no education without culture, and this spiritual book would give right direction to the society, said he while speaking at the 14th State-level meeting of Bharat Vikas Parishad of Haryana. The Chief Minister said that all the 90 MlAs of the State would adopt one village each on the pattern of the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana and these villages would be developed into Adarsh vllages. Under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana launched by the Prime Minister, 15 MPs have adopted one village each.

With every MlA adopting one village, 105 Adarsh Villages would be developed in the State. He appealed to the MlAs to make their contribution to the scheme. Manohar lal said that the entire State would be developed without any bias and development works would be carried out in keeping with the ‘Sabka Sath-Sabka Vikas’ slogan given by the Prime Minister. The State would adhere to transparent and graft-free governance. Though the pace of development is slow, we are moving in the right direction and soon the pace of development would pick up, said he. The Chief Minister added that total number of members of BJP in the State had crossed 25 lakh, and the target is to achieve membership of 10 crore members in the country.

He also hailed the Bharat Vikas Parishad for giving out the message of responsibility towards the society by following the values of service, help, culture and coordination. He said that he himself had worked as a member of the Sangh and he learned a lot during that time. later, he honoured four girls for their outstanding contribution in various fields and announced the decision to give the Parishad a plot in Sector-19 of  HUDA in Kaithal and a sum of Rs5 lakh.