Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stressed self-discipline in life on Tuesday and claimed that only educated persons could help in building a strong nation. Speaking at a function on the Foundation Day of Maharana Pratap Education Council in MP Inter College ground in Gorakhpur, Yogi said: "For progress in life, one has to be self-disciplined as it makes a man great." Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh was the chief guest at the programme.
Addressing students and others at the function, Yogi also stressed on education and sports in life and said that while education helped build up a strong nation, sports helped an individual to be healthy in life.
Hailing the services of the council towards educating over 50,000 children in the region, the CM said that it was a matter of pride for him to attend its Foundation Day function which was organised every year. He said that the council was also running courses for making students self-reliant.
Yogi also highlighted the contribution of Maharana Pratap towards the Indian society and urged the audience to follow the path shown by him. Students from over 40 institutions also took out a 'Shobha Yatra’ on the occasion. Besides, Yogi Adityanath and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, Sports Minister Chetan Chauhan was also present at the function.