7 years ago
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting with the chief ministers of all states today to lay the groundwork for the celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. A national committee has already been formed to oversee the celebrations, which will be held across the country for a year starting October 2, 2019. Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and BJP leader LK Advani were also present at the meeting.
Here are the highlights of PM Narendra Modi's meeting with chief ministers:
"More than 80 of the 124 members are currently attending the meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan to discuss ideas for organising different events to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi," President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted.
"This would be a world that would do the Mahatma proud. Let us celebrate his 150th birthday in ways and means that befits the great person that Gandhiji was," President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted.
"When we work for an India free of caste and religious prejudice, we invoke Gandhiji. When we strive towards Swacch Bharat, and a cleaner and more hygienic India, we invoke Gandhiji. When we speak of the rights of women and children and of civil liberties of small and disadvantaged groups, we invoke Gandhiji. When we talk of the health and well-being of the Indian farmer and the Indian village, we invoke Gandhiji," President Ram Nath Kovind said.
"Mahatma Gandhi was India's conscience keeper. He strived to lead us to not just political independence -- but to a better India, a more principled India and a society free of caste, religious, economic and even gender prejudice... The Mahatma is our past, he is our present and he is also our future. So many of the themes and ideas he spoke and wrote of -- some of them far ahead of their time -- are even more relevant today," President Ram Nath Kovind said.
"Mahatma Gandhi was born in India but he does not belong to India alone. He remains one of India's greatest gifts to humankind and his name finds resonance across the continents," President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted.
