Tributes were paid to Sant Gadge on the occasion of his ‘Nirvana Diwas’ at the headquarters of social organisation Bahujan Bharat here on Tuesday. President of the organisation Kunwar Fateh Bahadur said Gadge was a true saint who fought against the caste-based system in the society and devoted his life to educate the deprived section of the society by opening many schools.
“Those were the times when members of the deprived section of society were forced to live in the dreadful darkness of social inequality. In those adverse circumstances, he kindled the light of knowledge in the lives of the deprived section,” Kunwar Fateh Bahadur, a retired IAS officer, said.
General secretary of the organisation Chintamani said Gadge was a symbol of public service and cleanliness. “He made brooms and taught people about the virtues of cleanliness. Sant Gadge played a remarkable role in spreading awareness in the Bahujan Samaj,” he added.
Vice-president of the organisation Nand Kishore, treasurer Ramkumar Gautam, Naval Kishore, Satya Prakash, Balisharan, Ashwani Kumar, Deep Chand, Barsati Lal, Ajay Kanojia and Kamal Jayant also paid floral tributes to Gadge.