Mounesh Vishwakarma
Pics: Kishore Peraje
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)
Bantwal, Oct 3: The principles of Mahatma Gandhi should not be made to remain confined to speech alone. It should be put into practice, said MP Nalin Kumar Kateel.
He was speaking after inaugurating a conference held at Bantwal Dharmastala Sri Manjunatheshwara Kalyana Mantapa by Sri Dharmastala rural development project, taluk awareness Forum and taluk pragathi bandhu self help group on Wednesday October 2.
It is a welcome sign to see the dream of Ram Rajya seen by Mahatma Gandhi becoming a reality under the people awareness programme by Dr Veerendra Heggade. The programmes are successful as the workers have followed the sacrifice and devoted life of Mahatma Gandhi as an example in their lives. However the programmes of the government are becoming a failure due to lack of determination of the officials, he said.
Dr Heggade hopes of a Ram Rajya by making society free from drugs and have a family life. The activities of social organizations were the inspiration for the government to ban country liquor. The project should start a movement against drug mafia, he said.
Polali Ramakrishna Tapovan’s Sri Vivek Chaitanyananda Swamiji gave blessing and said that the greed of money takes a person to evil. A person can live a peaceful life by following in clean deeds, clean speech and clean thinking.
taluk people awareness forum president Kaiyur Narayana Bhat presided over the programme. Teacher Kotiappa Poojary was the resource person. Community development section director Jayarama Nellithaya, taluk people awareness forum founder president A C Bhandary, former MLA K Padmanabha Kottari, Town municipal council president Vasanthi C spoke as guests.
People awareness forum former president A Rukmayya Poojary welcomed. Secretary Dayavati S gave a keynote address. Pragathi bandhu self help group organization’s president Krishnappa Poojary thanked. Bantwal area supervisor of the organization, Amitha conducted the programme.
Navajeevana committee members were felicitated during the programme. A colourful procession with colourful umbrellas and costumes from BC Road’s Srinivas hotel to the hall was held prior to the programme.