"This run is for unity of country" : Goa CM Pramod Sawant after participation in 'Run for unity'
Oct 30, 2024
Sankhali (Goa) [India], October 30 : Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, on Wednesday, while participating in the 'Run for Unity' program on the occasion of 'National Unity Day,' said his run is for the unity of the country.
"Run for Unity program has been organized...we have organized this program in every block. I participated in this program with children in Sankhali and the response of the people is very good. This run is for the unity of the country, " Goa CM Pramod Sawant told ANI.
National Unity Day is celebrated on October 31, marking the birth anniversary of freedom fighter and former Home Minister who played a major role in the integration of India after Independence.
Earlier in the day, Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda took the 'oath of unity' on Wednesday, organised as part of National Unity Day, held in honour of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Speaking at the pledge event held in Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi, Minister Nadda recounted the efforts of Patel to unite India into a nation.
"We should always be grateful to him and remember him with gratitude because he made a great contribution to his independence. But after independence, the 28 states with 8 union territories, this united India, this one India, is because of him," Nadda said.
On October 29, Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the 'Run for Unity' organized in New Delhi as part of the National Unity Day.
Several dignitaries including Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai and Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Vinay Kumar Saxena were present on the occasion.
In his address, the home minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had decided to organize the 'Run for Unity' in 2015 in the memory of the great leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to make the country pledge for the unity and integrity of the country, as per a statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
