Governor Droupadi Murmu and Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday paid tribute to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 146th birth anniversary at his statue in Morhabadi ground in Ranchi. They also remembered former Prime Minister lal Bahadur Shashri, born on the same day.
“It is a great pleasure for us that Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time, is coming to Jharkhand on Gandhi Jayanti,” Das said.
In his message, he also recalled Gandhi’s contributions to the prolonged struggle for securing freedom from British colonial rule and his life-long campaigns against social injustice, racism and suppression of the under-privileged sections of society.
Both Governor and the CM also attended a ‘bhajan’ programme organised by Jharkhand Khadi Board near Gandhi statue at Morhabadi and saw the demonstration of making thread out of cotton with the help of spinning wheels. Some of the craftsmen were also felicitated by during the programme.