Prayagraj, 2 Oct (HS): The City Congress Committee members

paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, on his 157th birth

anniversary. In the morning, the Congress men led by City Congress President

Fuzail Hashmi, garlanded Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at Balson Crossing and called

upon people to follow his principles of truth and non-violence.

The speakers said that Mahatma Gandhi’s dedicated life and

vision as a true representative of the people continue to inspire generations.

They said that Gandhi instilled the values of tolerance, compassion and

humanity among Indians. His policies and principles remain relevant and are

needed in the country even today. The Congress leaders also recalled Mahatma

Gandhi’s contribution to India’s freedom struggle under his leadership and

pledged to follow the path shown by him.

Ch. Jitendra Nath Singh, Shekhar Bahuguna, Kishore Varshney,

Harikesh Tripathi, Sudhakar Tiwari, Mukund Tiwari, Ashfaq Ahmed, Vijay Mishra,

Parvez Ansari, Rajnish Rishu, Anup Tripathi, Ishtiyaq Ahmed, Vinay Dubey,

Ahmedullah, Pratima Tripathi, Dr. Anil Gaur, Rakesh Srivastava, Nagendra

Mishra, Shashi Prakash, Kamal Ali, Rachna Pandey, Nasreen Bano, Sharad

Upadhyay, Suboor Khan, Kamu Sonkar, Pradeep Dwivedi, Tribhuvan Sonkar, Avinash

Verma, Devi Pandey, Devendra Kumar, Rajbahadur Gupta, Harish Chandra Dwivedi,

Jaiprakash Singh, among others were present.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi