Raipur. Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai today participated in the grand Bharat Mata Aarti program organized at Bharat Mata Chowk in Gudhiyari of the capital Raipur on the eve of Independence Day.
On this occasion, Bharat Mata Chowk echoed with the auspicious song of Aarti Bharat Mata Ki, Jagat Ki Bhagya Vidhata Ki. Addressing the program, Chief Minister Shri Sai said that we have got this independence due to the sacrifice of brave sons. We have to always remember the importance of this freedom.
Shri Sai said that tomorrow we are celebrating the 78th festival of Independence Day. On the eve of Independence Day, I extend my heartiest congratulations and best wishes to all of you. This is the tenth year of the grand event of Bharat Mata Ki Aarti on the eve of Independence Day. I hope that this program continues like this.
The Chief Minister said that we have got this freedom with great difficulty. We have paid a huge price for freedom. Lakhs of brave sons of our country had to sacrifice their lives, only then we got freedom. We have got freedom from the struggle of great freedom fighters like Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Chandrashekhar Azad, Sardar Bhagat Singh, Mahatma Gandhi.
We have to always remember the importance of this freedom. Chief Minister Shri Sai said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken the tricolor to every house by organizing Tricolor Week since last year. Today, the wind of patriotism is blowing in the whole country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s thinking is to make India a developed country by 2047.
Everyone’s contribution is needed to make a developed India. We also have to make Chhattisgarh a developed Chhattisgarh. Former Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais, MP Brijmohan Agarwal and MLA Rajesh Munat also addressed the program of Bharat Mata Ki Aarti. On this occasion, MLAs Motilal Sahu and Purandar Mishra, former MP Sunil Soni and a large number of common people were present.