- Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan takes part in all-religion prayer meet organised by Sabarmati Ashram authorities in Ahmedabad.
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, OCT 2
The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary on Sunday in a big way in Gujarat where the Assembly polls are due later this year.
गांधी जयंती के उपलक्ष में अहमदाबाद की एलिसब्रिज विधानसभा क्षेत्र में गुजरात प्रदेश कांग्रेस हेल्थ एंड हॉस्पिटैलिटी कमेटी के कार्यक्रम में @INCGujarat के प्रभारी श्री @RaghusharmaINC जी…1/2 pic.twitter.com/rRPO6VKABt
— Ramkishan Ojha (@RamkishanO) October 2, 2022
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel attended a prayer meet with BJP leaders at Kirti Mandir in Porbandar, the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi, and said the Father of the Nation lives in the heart of every Indian.
LIVE: We have set out on the path of love, peace and unity shown to us by Mahatma Gandhi. Shri @RahulGandhi and yatris resume the #BharatJodoYatra on this evening of Gandhi jayanti to strengthen that resolve.https://t.co/gmX5ZsHUVY
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) October 2, 2022
The Congress held a prayer meeting at Kochrab Ashram, established by Mahatma Gandhi, near the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad in the evening.
પૂજ્ય સ્વ. મહાત્મા ગાંધી જી અને પૂર્વ વડાપ્રધાન સ્વ લાલ બહાદુર શાસ્ત્રીજીની જન્મ જયંતી નિમિત્તે પ્રાર્થના સભા. https://t.co/CeFfev7ijE
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) October 2, 2022
After the prayer meet in Porbandar, CM Patel said, Gandhiji resides in the heart of every Indian. His philosophy of non-violence, truth and cleanliness is being thought about and followed across the world when it is plagued by war, communism, imperialism and capitalism.”
ગાંધી જયંતીના આજના અવસરે મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલે પોરબંદરના કીર્તિ મંદિર ખાતે પૂજ્ય બાપુને શ્રદ્ધા-સુમન અર્પણ કર્યા હતા તથા આ અવસરે આયોજિત સર્વધર્મ પ્રાર્થના સભામાં સહભાગી થયા હતા. pic.twitter.com/A0Tojf9jrk
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) October 2, 2022
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working to realise Gandhi’s ideas.
Live: પૂજ્ય મહાત્મા ગાંધીજીની જન્મજયંતીના અવસરે પ્રાર્થનાસભા. સ્થળ : કીર્તિ મંદિર, પોરબંદર. https://t.co/yIaoDkMw9A
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) October 2, 2022
PM Modi has taken up the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan based on Mahatma Gandhi’s insistence for cleanliness, Patel said.
“He has also given a great push to the sale of Khadi, which will revive local village economy, which is also as per the thoughts of Gandhi, he said.
In the morning, the Sabarmati Ashram authorities in Ahmedabad organised an all-religion prayer meet in the premises where Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan was present.
Gandhi Birth Anniversary Programme at #SabarmatiAshram on Oct 2, 2022
2 अक्टूबर 2022 को साबरमती आश्रम में गांधी जयंती कार्यक्रम@PMOIndia @KeralaGovernor @AmdavadAMC @GujaratTourism @GandhiInMumbai @MinOfCultureGoI @CEEahmedabad pic.twitter.com/G2eYGn44pF— Sabarmati Ashram (@SabarmatiAshram) October 2, 2022
The Gujarat Congres held a prayer meet in the evening at Kochrab Ashram on the Sabarmati river banks where party state in-charge Raghu Sharma and state unit president Jagdish Thakor were present.
The Congress took out bike rallies in different cities of the state after garlanding the statues of Gandhiji there, the party said in a release.