Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday, paid floral tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary in Lucknow.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said, "Netaji could have taken care of his family by staying in India or Britain and have earned money but he never accepted that life, he never accepted the British rule and he left his civil service job because for him nothing was more important than the independence of India," the chief minister said.
He further said the slogan given by Netaji became the mantra of the country's independence.
"For the independence of India, he gave up his job, he became a part of the ongoing struggle for independence, for the independence of India he also left the Congress office and after that, by staying outside India and forming the Azad Hind Fauj, he gave a new slogan to the youth of the country and it was "Tum mujhe khoon do main tumhe azadi dunga" and it became the mantra of the country's independence," he added.
Earlier in the day, the chief minister remembered the late freedom fighter as "the great hero of the Indian freedom struggle" who gave the "immortal freedom mantra" 'You give me blood, I will give you freedom'.
"The great hero of the Indian freedom struggle, the leader of Azad Hind Fauj, the inventor of the immortal freedom mantra 'You give me blood, I will give you freedom'. Tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary ‘Parakram Diwas," he tweeted in Hindi.
Born on January 23, 1897, Netaji played a crucial role in India's freedom movement. Subhas Chandra Bose had also established the Azad Hind Fauj.