To mark the 146th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and 111th birthday of lal Bahadur Shastri, several programmes were organised by various organisations here on Friday.
District Information and Public Relation (I and PR) held a meeting on the occasion, where statues of Gandhiji and Shastri were garlanded by many Government and police officials. Kalahandi Zilla Parishad Chairperson Shrimati Majhi and Sub-Collector Srikant Tripathy joined the event as guests. Majhi said, “Both the personalities shall always be remembered for their contributions. They are the nation builders and epitome of truth and honesty”.
Representing Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jain communities, many religious leaders of the city participated in the event. Addressing an event, Hindu leader Hemanta Kumar Munda said Shastri was a great leader who stood the test of time with integrity, conviction and clarity.
On the occasion, books with narration on the life and times of the great fighter, his ideals and vision were distributed among school kids. Many students from different colleges joined the programme and deliberated on topics like Peace and Non-Violence, Honesty in Politics.