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Gandhians welcome AIADMK vow to build freedom fighter s statue
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Chennai, March 16 : Gandhians and family of freedom fighter Sardar Vedaratnam Pillai, the hero of the Vedaranyam salt satyagraha and close associate of C. Rajagopalachari, are elated over the AIADMK election promise of installing his life-sized statue at Tamil Nadu s Nagapattanam.
Talking to IANS, Pillai s eldest grandson, A. Vedaratinam, said: This is a great moment. We had petitioned all the political parties to erect such a statute in memory of the great Sardar Vedaratnam Pillai who had fought for the nation s freedom along with the legendary C. Rajagoplachari. We welcome the announcement made by the AIADMK that it will erect a life-sized statue of Sardar.
Mahatma Gandhi s granddaughter extends support to protesting farmers
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The 84-year-old, who is also the chairperson of the National Gandhi Museum, exhorted farmers to remain peaceful in their protest
We have not come here as part of any political programme. We have come here today for the farmers, she said
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Mahatma Gandhi s granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee on Saturday
extended her support to the farmers protesting against the three contentious agri laws on the borders of Delhi.
Visiting the farmers on the Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, Bhattacharjee said: There is so much truth in your reason that it speaks for itself. I am with truth and will always stand by it.
Mahatma Gandhi s granddaughter meets protesting farmers at Ghazipur, says visit apolitical
Tara Gandhi Bhattacharya, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, with BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait at farmers protest site in Ghazipur.
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Tara Gandhi Bhattacharya, the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, extended her support to the ongoing farmers protest against the central government s farm laws and said that her visit is apolitical .
87-year-old Bhattacharya reached the Ghazipur border protest site on the Delhi-UP border on Saturday with other workers of the Gandhi foundation.
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She advised the farmers to remain peaceful.
She also urged the government to take care of the farming community.
Ghaziabad: Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee on Saturday visited Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border to extend support to the farmers movement against the Centre s contentious farm laws, according to a BKU statement.
The 84-year-old Bhattacharjee, who is also the chairperson of National Gandhi Museum, exhorted farmers to remain peaceful in their protest and urged the government to take care of the farming community.
She was joined by Gandhi Smarak Nidhi chairman Ramchandra Rahi, All-India Sarv Seva Sangha managing trustee Ashok Saran, Gandhi Smarak Nidhi director Sanjay Singha and National Gandhi Museum director A Annamalai.