137TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF BRAHMRISHI SWAMI SAHAJANAND SARASWATI ORGANIZED

137^TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF BRAHMRISHI SWAMI SAHAJANAND SARASWATI ORGANIZED

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RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA-------------------------On Mahashivratri, Swami Sahajanand's 137th birth anniversary was celebrated, as every year. Mr. Yugeshwar Prasad Singh presided over the event and Shashikant Tiwari conducted the ceremony. In his welcome address, Secretary Tarkeshwar Thakur, Advocate, stated, "You are all welcome. This organization aims to promote and propagate the teachings of Swami Sahajanand, the messiah of farmers and freedom fighters."

Chief Guest Mr. Sanjay Singh Tiger, Minister of Labor and Employment, and Special Guest Mr. Mahesh Paswan, Honorable MLA, inaugurated the event by garlanding Swamiji and lighting a lamp.

Addressing the ceremony, Mr. Tiger said, "Swamiji was simultaneously a great social reformer, a well-wisher of farmers and laborers, and a great freedom fighter. The people here who followed Swamiji's teachings, organized the event, and promoted the teachings, and I will do my best to support them." Mr. Mahesh Paswan, Honorable MLA, said that Swamiji fought for the downtrodden people of the society throughout his life.

Tarkeshwar Thakur, Advocate, Secretary, Brahmarshi Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Memorial Library Committee, Ara demanded that the proposed Agricultural University be named after Swami Sahajanand.

Manoj Sharma, MLA, Arwal and Chief Spokesperson, in his address, said that Swami Sahajanand was the first farmer leader of our country, who united the farmers of the entire country by forming the Kisan Mahasabha and brought them respect by organizing a movement. He assured the organizing team of his constant support.

He honored Shashikant Tiwari, Avadhkrishna Sharma, Kumar Mangalam, Rambhadra Singh, Premchand Rai of the organizing committee with shawls for their significant contribution in organizing the event. Among those who addressed the program were Durgaraj, President of BJP, Vishwanath Chaudhary, Ravindra Nath Rai, Shivdas Singh, Ravikant Rai, Balraj Thakur, Manmohan Ojha, Secretary of Bar Association, Ara, Harendra Pandey, Dinesh Prasad Munna, Nathuni Pandey, Prahlad Rai, Mukteshwar Upadhyay, Bharat Rai, etc. Prominent among those present were Shivshankar Tiwari, Nilesh Upadhyay, Suryakant Pandey, Dilip Pandey, Satyanarayan Rai, Pramod Rai, Advocate, Sudarshan Rai, Sanjay Prasad, Advocate, District President, JDU, Advocate Cell Chief.