Pune Congress Party celebrates Gandhi’s Satyagraha Centenary
Pune, 20 May 2007: On the even of anti-terrorism day, senior national and state congress leaders made a strong pitch in Pune for the revival of ‘satyagraha’ as a potent weapon to counter social evils like terrorism and communalism.
The occasion was the centenary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi’s first satyagraha ( a non violent resistance which the Mahatma successfully demonstrated during his staying South Africa in 1906)held at the congress Bhavan on Sunday.
The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) organized the function that was attended among others, the AICC treasurer Motilal Vora, general secretaries Digv ijay Singh and and Mukul Wasnik, Congress Working committee member Mohsina Quidwai, Union minister of Maharashtra ministers Patangrao Kadam Narayan Rane and Harshavardhan Patil
Close to 100 freedom fighters, including veteran leader Prabhakar Kunte, were fecilitated at the function chaired by MPCC chief Prabha Rao. Union minister of state for home Manikrao Gavit said that the ministry has issued orders clearing a hike in the pension for freedom fighters, which would be enforced with retrospective effect from October 2006.
On the occasion successive speakers emphasized the relevance of Gandhi’s thoughts in these times of terrorism and communal issues and expressed concern over incidents like May 18 blast at Mecca mosque in Hyderabad and the previous blasts in Mumbai and Malegaon. The leaders expressed the view that the Mahatma’s thoughts were all the more relevant in the modern day.
The Congress then planned centenary functions at 12 states in the country. Pune which formed the 10th venue was chosen for its glorious historical past that includes the Mahatma’s association with the city, either by way of his incarceration at the Yerawada prison by the then British rulers or the satyagraha at Aga Khan palace.
Courtesy The Times of India Pune, Monday May 21 2007
The occasion was the centenary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi’s first satyagraha ( a non violent resistance which the Mahatma successfully demonstrated during his staying South Africa in 1906)held at the congress Bhavan on Sunday.
The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) organized the function that was attended among others, the AICC treasurer Motilal Vora, general secretaries Digv ijay Singh and and Mukul Wasnik, Congress Working committee member Mohsina Quidwai, Union minister of Maharashtra ministers Patangrao Kadam Narayan Rane and Harshavardhan Patil
Close to 100 freedom fighters, including veteran leader Prabhakar Kunte, were fecilitated at the function chaired by MPCC chief Prabha Rao. Union minister of state for home Manikrao Gavit said that the ministry has issued orders clearing a hike in the pension for freedom fighters, which would be enforced with retrospective effect from October 2006.
On the occasion successive speakers emphasized the relevance of Gandhi’s thoughts in these times of terrorism and communal issues and expressed concern over incidents like May 18 blast at Mecca mosque in Hyderabad and the previous blasts in Mumbai and Malegaon. The leaders expressed the view that the Mahatma’s thoughts were all the more relevant in the modern day.
The Congress then planned centenary functions at 12 states in the country. Pune which formed the 10th venue was chosen for its glorious historical past that includes the Mahatma’s association with the city, either by way of his incarceration at the Yerawada prison by the then British rulers or the satyagraha at Aga Khan palace.
Courtesy The Times of India Pune, Monday May 21 2007
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