TRIBUTES TO INDIA’S GREAT LUMINARIES

TRIBUTES TO INDIA’S GREAT LUMINARIES

25-MARCH-ENG 19

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA-------------------------At the local Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan statue site, under the chairmanship of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Singh Chandravanshi—State Vice President of the Janata Dal (United) Extremely Backward Classes Cell, Bihar—heartfelt tributes were paid to India's great luminaries. The occasion marked the 95th martyrdom anniversary of freedom fighters, revolutionaries, and martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru, as well as the 116th birth anniversary of freedom fighter, former MP, socialist thinker, and the "Hero of the Seven Revolutions," Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia. The proceedings commenced with the garlanding of their oil portraits.

The ceremony's Chief Guest and Chairman of the Extremely Backward Classes Commission (Government of Bihar), Professor Naveen Arya, began by garlanding the statues of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, and Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan at the Gandhi Dham within the Ara Sadar Hospital complex. Remembering these great figures, he discussed their personalities and contributions in detail, while also paying homage to the socialist thinker Acharya Narendra Deva. He reiterated the call for the assembled guests to resolve to follow in the footsteps of these great leaders and uphold their ideals. JDU leaders Narendra Chandravanshi, Dhanesh Patel, Jhulan Gaur, Prayag Ji, and Ajit Singh hailed the developmental model and achievements of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar—whom they described as a "Man of Development"—as historic. Advocating for political and social justice, they passed a resolution demanding that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar authorize the construction and installation of life-size statues of "Jan Nayak" (People's Leader) Karpoori Thakur and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia at the district headquarters. Finally, Dr. Rajendra Prasad expressed his gratitude and offered a vote of thanks to all the guests in attendance. Prominent figures present during this event included Nirmal Sakrwar, Hiralal Gupta, Shatrughna Chaudhary, Bhim Patel, Shiv Shankar Ram, Awadhesh Ram, Bindeshwari Baitha, Umesh Kushwaha, Ashok Thakur, Sahaj Kumar, Chandrama Chandravanshi, Rangila Baitha, Anil Yadav, Laddu Rajak, Uma Shankar Shah, Dr. Riyaz, Sushila Devi, Rabi Pandit, Kaushal Kishore, Suresh Rai, Prof. Harendra Yadav, Dev Mohar Yadav, Bhola Shankar Pal, Siddheshwar Pal, Umesh Singh, Vansha Layak Sharma, Akshaywar, Maya Shankar, Ajit Chandravanshi, among others.