The history of the India shows that Indians have never accepted slavery and the countrymen have always fought for the nation said the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat while addressing a programme organised at MKP PG College here on Wednesday. The programme was held to celebrate 75 anniversary of the Quit India movement. The CM also inaugurated a wall of valour set up in the college premises on the occasion. The wall has pictures of all the Param Vir Chakra (PVC) recipients of the country. Addressing the students the CM said that said some of the historians of our country were not nationalistic due to which brave hearts who sacrificed their lives for the cause of nation were branded as militants. Paying rich tributes to the freedom fighters Rawat said that the nation attained freedom from a long struggle and sacrifice. He also paid glowing tributes to Major Kamlesh Pandey and Pawan Singh Sugada both hailing from Uttarakhand and who laid down their lives recently. He said that China and Pakistan are not mending their ways on the border. The CM appealed the youths to inculcate patriotism in them.
The programme was also addressed by the Higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat, MlA Khajan Das and State BJP president Ajay Bhatt.