Building socially equal society is important and social problems like poverty, unemployment and illiteracy are the hurdles on the way of national integration and social equality. This subject requires critical self analysis, said the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot while speaking as the chief guest in the lecture program organised over ‘Social Harmony and National Unity’ in Agar–Malwa.
Gehlot depicted a story of organisational level of the time when Minority Morcha and Harijan Morcha was created in the year 1971, when Muslim workers refused to sing Vande Matram, then the Hindi and Urdu meaning of the Vande Matram was told to them. Then the workers agreed to sing the Vande Matram.
He gave the logical answer to the people who protest against hailing ‘Bharat Mata’ and singing the National song and said that it does not hurt any religious sentiments. He gave the example of the service of former President of India APJ Abdul kalaam.
He appealed all the religious leaders to impart their devotees with the knowledge of social harmony so that India could be developed as a socially equal nation. The programme was chaired by Senior Journalist and National Unity Council Vice President Ramesh Sharma.
Rashtriya Muslim Manch national spokesperson and political thinker Gulrez Sheik the aliveness of the society reflects the national unity and without harmony there is no national unity.