A lecture series to observe the birth anniversary of noted journalist, poet and freedom fighter Makhanlal Chaturvedi was held here on Tuesday at Makahanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication (MCNUJC).
Madhya Pradesh assembly speaker Sitasaran Sharma in his address on the occasion expressing concern over falling mortality in various sections of society said, “The period between Kalyug to Satyug provides different directions to the society. In Kalyug the growing influence of injustice, oppression and socialism has left deep impact on nationalism. In such conditions it is needed to remain cautious from the traitors hiding in the country.”
Sharma describing Makahanlal Chaturvedi’s imagination of Bharat said that three pillars work in democracy while media has been considered as the fourth pillar. Continuous fall in these democratic institutions in the current social scenario is been observed while it has been observed that certain elements that are either doing sedition or are working against the country and they are out to call those devoted to nation as communal, he added.
Main speaker on the occasion senior journalist and former MCNUJC vice chancellor Achyutanand Mishr while highlighting different stages of the life of late Makhanlal Chaturvedi in detail said that the land of Babai is holy land where national poet Makhanlal Chaturvedi took birth. “He never remain bounded with any ideology despite holding various important offices of Congress at times of need at the place of party he talked in the interest of nation and declined to obey party instructions,” Mishr added.
Presiding over the program MCNUJC vice chancellor Professor Braj Kishore Kuthiyala said, “When there was self identity crisis in America and Europe then our religion was paving our way. We never felt that who are weIJ In the current conditions it appears that the nation is moving towards one more division.”