Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said that education is the right of every child. Citizens from every walk of life should come forward and help the children of economically weaker sections of the society, he said.
The Minister was speaking at a function organised at his official residence to award scholarships to the meritorious students here. The function was organized by the Rotary Club of Raipur Cosmopolitan.
Agrawal called upon the talented students to work hard to realize the dreams of their parents and the society. The responsibility of taking the country and the society on the road to progress lies on the shoulders of the youth. The students should remember that throughout their lives, he added.
The Minister presented cheques worth Rs2 lakh to Priyanka Ambilkar, Monika Madnani, Savitri Joshi, Ashutosh Sharma, Meera Kumar, Divya Kesharwani, Deep Prakash, Honey Soni, Naman Sinha, Jagrut Verma, Ojaswa Chauhan, Vatsal Chauhan and Subhit Verghese.
The Rotary Club of Raipur members present were Rohit Jain, Kirti Vyas, Amit Nathani, Jeetendra Jaggi, Rahul Jain, Subhit Agrawal and Manoj Agrawal.