Defense Minister Unveils Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi Cantonment
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Paying
a rich tribute to ‘Babu’, the father of the nation, the Defense Minister,
Rajnath Singh, on Thursday unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at in Delhi
Cantonment. Singh termed Bapu as a rare person, who wielded so much influence
over people without occupying formal positions of power.
Meanwhile,
the Defense Minister also paid tributes to the Former Prime Minister, Lal
Bahadur Shastri, who shares birthday with Mahatma Gandhi.
Singh,
while addressing the gathering, said that Mahatma Gandhi’s political programs
had economic, social and cultural messages for the people at large. Referring
to the Champaran Movement, Singh said that Mahatma Gandhi, while fighting for
the rights of exploited indigo farmers, urged them to work also for the
cleanliness of their surroundings and villages. For him that was as important
as freedom.
Singh
said that the cleanliness ideas and works of Mahatma Gandhi were made into a
people’s movement by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The result is there for
everyone to see. Coverage of toilets in households has increased from 37 per
cent in 2014 to 98 per cent now. In all, total of 11 crore toilets have been
made in the last five years.
