Jharkhand governor Draupadi Murmu, chief minister Hemant Soren, Union minister Arjun Munda and others paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 151st birth anniversary on Friday.
Hemant Soren Manob Chowdhury
Murmu, while paying floral tributes to the Father of the Nation at Bapu Vatika in Morabadi area of Ranchi, called for a change in the mentality of people. "Today, we should ask ourselves whether we are following Bapu's path. It seems to me, after seeing some recent news, that people need to change their mentality," she said.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dhanbad, Uma Shankar Singh paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi’s statue on the occasion of 151st Gandhi jayanti celebration at Gandhi Chowk near City Centre in Dhanbad today Gautam Dey
"Now is the time for such a change by following the path of Gandhiji," she added.
The governor, while paying tribute to former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 116th birth anniversary, said leaders like him are seldom born in this country.
Jharia Congress MLA, Poornima Singh paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of 151st Gandhi jayanti celebration at Gandhi Seva Sadan in Dhanbad on Friday Gautam Dey
Hemant said the absence of leaders like Gandhi and Shastri was being felt in the present times. "Their ideas can never die. We should try to inculcate their ideas in our personal and collective behaviour," he said.
Dhanbad MLA, Raj Sinha spinning the charkha at Khadi Graminudyog Bhandar at Court More in Dhanbad on Friday Gautam Dey
Munda said the country will always keep learning from them.
