New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (March 8) stated the celebrations for India’s 75 years of independence ought to replicate the spirit of the nation’s freedom motion and showcase its achievements to the world since 1947.
Speaking after the primary assembly of the 259-member high-level nationwide committee headed by the prime minister to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence, PM Narendra Modi stated public participation must be the premise of the celebrations.
“It is an opportunity to showcase to the world our achievements since 1947. We need to tell people about the sacrifice of freedom movement heroes,” he stated after the digital assembly.
The members of the committee embrace former president Pratibha Patil, Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, 28 chief ministers, artistes like Lata Mangeshkar, A R Rahman, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, senior BJP chief L Okay Advani, virtually all Union ministers and a number of other governors.
Opposition leaders like Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, CPI(M) common secretary Sitaram Yechury, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and former Uttar Pradesh chief ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati are additionally a part of the panel.