Odisha: Union Minister Pradhan pays floral tribute to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya on his birth anniversary
Sep 25, 2023
Angul (Odisha) [India], September 25 : Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan paid floral tribute to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya on the 107th birth anniversary of the ideologue at Paranga gram panchayat under Chhendipada block in Angul district on Monday.
He also inaugurated a blood donation camp during "Seva Samarpan Abhiyan" at the block.
Meanwhile, Unveiling a 72-ft statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya in the national capital on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the figure carved from stone would remind people of the need to ensure "honesty" in politics.
Addressing the party workers at a grand event to commemorate the ideologue and the co-founder of the BJP's forerunner, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, on his birth anniversary, PM Modi said Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya always talked about people in the lowest rung of society.
"In the last nine years, we have worked towards the upliftment of those in the lowest rung of the society. This statue will stand as a symbol of honesty in politics and will remind people of the need to ensure transparency and probity in public life," PM Modi said.
He urged people to take some time out to visit the memorial of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya in Rajasthan.
