The philosophy of Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar contains solutions to the problems arising out of the social conflicts, said Cabinet Minister Madan Kaushik while speaking at a seminar organised to mark the birth anniversary of the principal architect of the Indian Constitution at the IRTD auditorium, Survey Chowk, here on Saturday.
Terming the youth as ‘powerhouse of the Indian society’, the Minister said that they need to be informed about the social fabric of our country. Kaushik said that it is unfortunate that incidents of social conflict are still occurring in our country. He said that it is the responsibility of every one to prevent such incidents as the police and administration have their limitations. Expressing grave concern over the misuse of social media, Kaushik said the role of social media is important but there are some elements which do not want social harmony to prevail. The Minister said that Ambedkar should not be viewed as an individual but as embodiment of an ideology. “ To stop social discord, everyone should become ‘Ambedkar’ in his own way,” he said. The Minister also flagged off the mobile van of Ujjawala Yojana on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Rajpur MlA Khajan Das said that the social ills can be removed only by following the path shown by Baba Saheb.
It was informed in the seminar that a ‘Gram Swaraj Abhiyan’ would be observed in the State from April 14 to May 5.The campaign starts on birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar on April 14. The basic objective of the programme is to ensure social harmony, outreaching to the poor rural families, feedback on the Government schemes, doubling the income of farmers, creating employment avenues, sanitation and strengthening Panchayati Raj institutions. Under the programme, 166 villages of Uttarakhand selected by the Government of India would be covered under seven priority schemes dished out by the Union Government.These schemes are Ujjawala Yojana, Ujala Yojana, Sobhaggya Yojana, Jan Dhan, Jeevan Jyoti, Jeevan Suraksha Yojana and Mission Indradhanush.
It was informed that participation of public representatives would be ensured in the campaign and nodal officers at the state, district and block levels have been nominated.
During the campaign, work related with sanitation would be done in all these villages and focus would be on the villages which are not yet Open Defecation Free (ODF). The beneficiaries would be distributed gas connections in course of the programme. Similarly open meetings would be held in the villages and Gram Panchayats and Development Plan (GPDP) would be finalized.
The principal secretary Manisha Panwar, director social welfare Major Yogendra Yadav and director tribal development V R Tamta were among those present on the occasion.