Raipur,
Deputy Chief Minister Shri Arun Sao has paid his respectful homage to the pioneer of integral humanism, famous thinker and philosopher Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya on his birth anniversary. He paid tribute by garlanding his statue in Bilaspur’s Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Udyan. During this time, he also participated in the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ fortnight organized by Bilaspur Municipal Corporation. He cleaned the garden by sweeping it along with MLAs and other public representatives.
Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Saw flagged off the Swachhata Marathon. He also distributed sarees and kits to Swachhata Didi’s. MLAs Mr. Dharamlal Kaushik, Mr. Dharamjit Singh and Mr. Sushant Shukla, Zila Panchayat Chairman Mr. Arun Singh Chauhan, Collector Mr. Avnish Sharan and Municipal Corporation Commissioner Mr. Amit Kumar also attended the program organized under Swachhata Hi Seva Pakhwada.
Addressing the program, Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sao said that Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was a great thinker and philosopher of the country. He gave a new direction to modern politics. It was his idea that our country should progress in accordance with the heritage of the country. By carrying out development in accordance with his ideology, Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi is taking the country forward and Chief Minister Mr. Vishnu Dev Sai is taking the state forward. The whole world is accepting that the 21st century belongs to India and India will lead the world.
Mr. Saav said that Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Baba Saheb Ambedkar and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay gave cleanliness the highest place in life. It is directly related to our well-being and health. The Government of India and the State Government are continuously working on cleanliness. The mission of cleanliness will be completed and successful only with public participation and public cooperation. He told that councilor Durga Soni has announced to give five lakh rupees to install a new statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay in the garden.
MLA Shri Dharamlal Kaushik also addressed the function. People from all sections of the city participated in the cleanliness marathon organized under the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ fortnight. Water and glucose were arranged by the Municipal Corporation at the intersections for the participants. Former Chairman of Chhattisgarh Housing Board Shri Bhupendra Savnani, Leader of Opposition in the Municipal Corporation Shri Rajesh Singh and CEO of the District Panchayat Shri RP Chauhan were also present in the program.
