Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday nearly launched the ‘Mera Yuva Bharat Portal’ on the concluding ceremony of Meri Maati Mera Desh-Amrit Kalash Yatra, in Delhi. The PM provided soil into the Amrit Kalash on the Kartavya Path in New Delhi throughout an occasion marking the fruits of the ‘Maati Mera Desh’ marketing campaign.
The PM mentioned throughout ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ the country covered the distance from Rajpath to Kartavya Path.
“On the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel everyone is witnessing a historic ‘mahayagya’ at the Kartavya Path…Just like people got together for the Dandi Yatra similarly, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav made new history with the scale of people’s participation,” the PM mentioned whereas addressing the concluding ceremony of Meri Maati Mera Desh-Amrit Kalash Yatra.
During this ‘Azaadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, we’ve travelled the trail from ‘Rajpath’ to ‘Kartavya Path’, he added.
“Now, at ‘Kartavya Path’, there is a statue of the first Prime Minister of the ‘Azad Hind Sarkar’. Now, our Navy has a new insignia inspired by none other than Chhatrapati Shivaji, now, the islands of Andaman and Nicobar have got the indigenous names. During this period only, the ‘Janatiya Gaurav Diwas’ and ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ were announced. We pulled out the nation from colonial mindset,” PM Modi mentioned.
What is Amrit Kalash?
The Amrit Kalash incorporates soil introduced from totally different components of the country. According to an official assertion, the occasion marked the closing of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ and the launch of the ‘Mera Yuva Bharat’ (MY Bharat) platform for the youth of the country.
From Srinagar to Tirunelveli and from Sikkim to Surat, colors and soils of India merged on the Kartavya Path on Monday as folks hailing from varied components of the country, wearing conventional fineries, converged on the majestic boulevard to have fun the ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ marketing campaign.
Bearing Amrit Kalash with soil collected from homes, institutional grounds, and public locations, a whole bunch of yatris, drawn from small to giant blocks, got here collectively and celebrated the cultural vibrancy of India whereas showcasing the spirit of unity in range.
Amrit Kalash Yatris from 1000’s of blocks of over 700 districts had been current among the many spectators through the occasion hosted at Vijay Chowk and Kartavya Path.
Union ministers Amit Shah, G Kishan Reddy, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Anurag Thakur and Meenakshi Lekhi had been additionally current on the occasion in New Delhi.
Later, PM Modi and different leaders, together with the spectators, additionally took the ‘Panch Pran’ pledge.
Mera Yuva Bharat portal launched
This occasion additionally witnessed the launch of an autonomous physique — Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) — which is able to assist set the main focus of the federal government on youth-led improvement and make the youths “active drivers” of improvement.
“The aim of this autonomous body is to inspire youth to become community change agents and nation builders allowing them to act as the ‘Yuva Setu’ between the government and citizens,” the Union tradition ministry earlier mentioned.
It will even mark the fruits of the two-year-long marketing campaign ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, which started on March 12, 2021, to have fun 75 years of India’s Independence.
(With businesses inputs)
