CURATED BY – YASHPAL SINGH JAT | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Anuppur, on the birth anniversary of President Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister of India Late Lal Bahadur Shastri, Congress Seva Dal today organized a conference at the District Congress Office in Anuppur with the grateful nation and paid tribute to both the great personalities. On this occasion, a tribute meeting, seminar, Sarvadharma prayer meeting, singing of patriotic songs were organized and a pledge was taken to participate in nation building by learning from Gandhiji's life philosophy and his personality and deeds. Two minutes silence was observed. Speaking from the seat of the chief guest, Pushparajgarh MLA Fundelal Singh Marko said that the country became independent due to the sacrifice, penance, love, non-violence and self-denial of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. It was due to the thinking of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri that the Green Revolution came in the country and the country became self-reliant in the field of agriculture. Shastri ji gave the slogan of Jai Jawan Jai Kisan to boost the morale of farmers and soldiers. We all should take a pledge to participate in nation building by learning from the life philosophy, personalities and duties of both these great personalities of the country. Our true tribute to them will be that we all follow the path shown by them. Congress party is a party of sacrifices. I am proud to be its member. Congress gave freedom to the country. Congress made the Food Security Act, Congress implemented the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA scheme. We had earlier fought with the British and the whites. Now our fight is with the corrupt people of the country. The country which has been nurtured by our great men with their blood and sweat needs to be saved from the storms of hatred of the corrupt. Mr. Marco expressed his desire to organize a training camp of Sevadal in Amarkantak to strengthen the Congress Sevadal and Congress and asked to prepare an action plan of Sevadal soon. Addressing the meeting organized under the chairmanship of District Congress President Ramesh Singh, he said that we are celebrating the birth anniversary of such great personalities of the nation as Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri. It has the same importance as a national festival. Gandhiji had dreamt of Gram Swaraj which has come true. Non-violence was Gandhiji's biggest weapon on the basis of which we got independence. He said that today we along with the Congress people did Shramdaan for the cleanliness of Rajha pond Anuppur. Shastriji's simplicity and honesty inspire us to work in discipline. Our true tribute to him is that we should participate in nation building by following his ideals. On this occasion, the special guest, District Panchayat President Mrs. Preeti Ramesh Singh took a pledge to serve the country and the people of the district by following the path shown by Gandhiji and Shastriji. In the program, the District Congress President started the program Beti Bachao Abhiyan given by the State Congress President Jeetu Patwari, under which the Speak Up program campaign was started today on 2 October. On 5 October, the Youth Congress was asked to take out a Masal procession. On 7 October, the Mahila Congress was asked to take out a candle march, on 8 October the Block Congress Presidents were asked to hold a fasting program, on 14 October a decision was taken to give the Beti Bachao memorandum to the District Collector, on 16 October a state-level fast and Madhya Pradesh Bandh movement was also planned. The Congress was addressed by District Women Congress President Rose Mary Masih, Ramkhelavan Rathore, Vasudev Chatterjee, Santosh Pandey, Shiv Kumar Gupta, Farooq Beg, Bisahu Lal Sahu, Mayank Tripathi, Ram Agarwal, Bedak Patel, Shailendra Singh, Dharmendra Soni, Vidya Sharma, Ramsajivan Gautam, Domal Singh, Narendra Singh, Santosh Rathore, etc. In this programme, which was conducted under the supervision and guidance of State Trainer of Seva Dal, Dr. Ehsan Ali Ansari, the dignified presence of Vinod Soni, Mohd. Mustakim, Bhura Yadav, R.S. Sharma, Ahirvan Singh, Sampat Lal, Nandau Kol, Rukmani Kol, Premvati Pasi, Tikam Das Jatav, Ram Singh, Rais Ahmed, Pyare Lal Sen, Mrs. Rama Gupta, Tilakdhari Kol, Sushil Masih, Shanti Singh, Purushottam Chaudhary, Chhote Lal Singh, Puja Gupta, Dr. Ravi Prakash, Lamaru Singh, Ram Das Vishwakarma, Balramar Singh etc. was noteworthy. The programme started with Vande Mataram and ended with the National Anthem. On National Non-Violence Day, District Congress President Ramesh Singh took the pledge to die for the country. In the end, two minutes of silence was observed on the demise of the members of the Congress family and prayers were offered for the peace of the departed souls. Condolences were expressed on the demise of Manju Mishra's mother, Ramavatar Sant Belia, and the demise of Anuppur city businessman Chandrika Gupta's wife. Rajan Rathore expressed his gratitude in the program.