From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Jan 30: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has urged people to undertake self-introspection and make honest efforts to treat the Gandhian path to serve the people on the day of his martyrdom.

Talking to reporters in Bengaluru on Monday after observing two minutes silence to observe the martyrs day, he said as Gandhiji had said his life is a message for everyone and his life history must be read and adopted in their lives. The Mahatma had propagated both truth and morality in life and would use to undergo self-test to ascertain whether he was following it or not to become clean. They have seen Gandhiji adopting this action throughout his life, he said.

It was the Mahatma who shown to the world the power of non-violence. He was in forefront of the freedom struggle to get independence through non-violence.

The Chief Minister said several unknown people sacrificed their life and property for the sake of independence. The new direction to the countrys freedom struggle was given by Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and others.

They created awareness about the freedom and converted satyagraha into a revolution and held tough talks with the British to give freedom. The need of the hour was to ensure the morality in the public life on the basis of the ideology of Gandhi who had a national identity.

"India has a big history but what it requires is the culture of serving the people,’’ he said.

Priority for working classes

Bommai said priority will be given to all the communities in the coming budget and more so to farmers, women and workers.

"The primary task must be to uplift them economically and programs will be on those lines,’’ he said.

On the Cabinet expansion, the Chief Minister said a suitable decision will be taken at a suitable time.

The Chief Minister later released the Golden Jubilee souvenir, new year calendar and dairy brought out by the Karnataka State Forest Development Corporation.