Pics: Sphoorty Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Mar 23: Progressive thinker, Admar Sripati Acharya, advised the youths to build India as dreamt by Bhagat Singh, who lost his life, fighting for India’s liberation. “Freedom fighter and revolutionary leader, Bhagat Singh had rich dreams about building India. However, successive rulers have ruined his dreams. Therefore, we should pledge to build a country in tune with Bhagat Singh’s dreams,” he added.

He was speaking after inaugurating the programme, ‘hundreds of Bhagat Singhs’, organized by Dakshina Kannada district committee of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), to observe Bhagat Singh’s martyrdom day in front of the office of the district deputy commissioner here on Monday March 22.

“Bhagat Singh was neither a communalist, not did he propagate religious conversions. He was a pure patriot with a strong belief in secular principles. He wanted to build a society that is free from poverty and hunger. But, about 70% of the people of the country earn a pittance, which is grossly insufficient to run their families. Although four Indians have risen to be among the richest persons in the world, poor people continue to be so. Therefore, we should pledge to realize the dreams of Bhagat Singh, who lost his life fighting against the British rulers,” he advised.

DYFI district president, Munir Katipalla, warned that imperialist forces have been planning to take the country into their control. “People are being driven to streets in the name of privatization and globalization. In Dakshina Kannada district, people are losing access to water, education, health and land because of the special economic zone,” he added.

A procession of hundreds of people wearing the masks of Bhagat Singh, was taken out from the clock Tower circle, before the programme. DYFI leaders, Dayanand Shetty, Ashok Shetty, Imtiaz, Jeevan Kuttar, Mahabal Battedadi etc., participated in the protest.