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PM Modi Pays Tribute to Gandhi, Urges Khadi Push for 'Viksit Bharat'
- •Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on his 157th birth anniversary, advocating for locally made products and Khadi to promote Swadeshi.
- •PM Modi attended a Sarva-Dharma Prarthana Sabha and appealed to citizens to purchase at least one Khadi product on Gandhi Jayanti, emphasizing its role in a 'better society and a Viksit Bharat'.
- •The Prime Minister also paid tribute to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 122nd birth anniversary at Vijay Ghat.
- •Leaders across the country, including Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, and Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, marked the occasion with tributes and cleanliness drives.
- •President Droupadi Murmu highlighted the continued relevance of Gandhi's message of peace and non-violence, linking his idea of Sarvodaya with India's goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047.
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On Mahatma Gandhi's 157th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tributes at Rajghat in New Delhi, attended a Sarva-Dharma Prarthana Sabha, and later visited Vijay Ghat to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 122nd birth anniversary.
PM Modi urged citizens to promote Swadeshi by incorporating locally made products into their everyday choices and appealed to everyone to purchase at least one Khadi product on Gandhi Jayanti to support self-reliance and indigenous goods.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and Vice President CP Radhakrishnan joined the prayer meeting and paid floral tributes at Rajghat.
