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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said that if Mahatma Gandhi were alive today, he would have praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking forward the Swachhta Abhiyan.
The Vice President made these remarks at the birth anniversary celebrations of Shrimad Rajchandraji in Mumbai. Shrimad Rajchandraji was a reformer of Jainism and a poet-philosopher of the late 19th century. "If Mahatma Gandhi were alive today, he would have praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking forward the Swachhta Abhiyan," Vice President Dhankhar said. Comparing PM Modi and Mahatma Gandhi, Vice President Dhankhar further said, "Mahatma Gandhi ji freed us from the slavery of the British through Satyagraha and non-violence. India's popular Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji put the country on the path that we always wanted to see. In these two great experiences, the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and our Prime Minister Narendra Modi are similar". He said that Rajchandra would have praised him for passing the Women Reservation Bill, which reserves one-third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, were he alive today. "Today, India is a country full of talent. It has a population of 140 crore. Today, I feel if Rajchandra ji was alive today, he would have praised him for passing the bill on 21st September(In Rajya Sabha) for providing 1/3rd of the seats to women in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha," Dhankhar said. The Rajya Sabha passed the Women's Reservation Bill on September 21, 2023. The bill was passed unanimously with 214 members voting in favor and none against. The Vice President said that India has been able to sustain the civilisation ethos of more than 5,000 years on account of Mahapurush (great person) like Rajchandraji. (ANI)
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