Chennai:
The government should involve people in Swach Bharat campaign rather
than spend Rs one lakh crore, according to V Kalyanam, former personal
secretary to Mahatma Gandhi.
Speaking to reporters after the release of set of two stamps by
Department of Posts to mark 100th year of Gandhiji’s return to India
from South Africa, Kalyanam said that spending so much money on the
campaign is unnecessary. The government should rather involve people
in the cleanliness campaign, he said.
Kalyanam, who was with Gandhi on the fateful day when Nathuram Godse
shot the Mahatma, slammed the move by Hindu Mahasabha to have the
statues installed of the assassin.
“Having a statue of Godse is wrong. Godse himself has accepted that he
was wrong in killing Gandhi,” said Kalyanam.
He also hit out Minister of state for food processing industries
Niranjan Jyoti for using abusive language at an election campaign.
“She should have been sacked by the Modi government for making such
statements,” he said.
Interestingly, Kalyanam prefers Modi government than to having a
Congress government at the centre. “They ruled for more than 65 years
and people forgot the Mahatma and remembered other Gandhis,” he said.
He also said Mahtama Gandhi wanted to dissolve Congress and was in
favour of Lok Seva Sangh. He also stressed the need to have
prohibition laws against alcohol like that in Gujarat.
T Murthy, chief postmaster general, Tamil Nadu circle, Chennai and
Postmaster General of Chennai City Region Merwin Alexander were
present on the occasion
The government should involve people in Swach Bharat campaign rather
than spend Rs one lakh crore, according to V Kalyanam, former personal
secretary to Mahatma Gandhi.
Speaking to reporters after the release of set of two stamps by
Department of Posts to mark 100th year of Gandhiji’s return to India
from South Africa, Kalyanam said that spending so much money on the
campaign is unnecessary. The government should rather involve people
in the cleanliness campaign, he said.
Kalyanam, who was with Gandhi on the fateful day when Nathuram Godse
shot the Mahatma, slammed the move by Hindu Mahasabha to have the
statues installed of the assassin.
“Having a statue of Godse is wrong. Godse himself has accepted that he
was wrong in killing Gandhi,” said Kalyanam.
He also hit out Minister of state for food processing industries
Niranjan Jyoti for using abusive language at an election campaign.
“She should have been sacked by the Modi government for making such
statements,” he said.
Interestingly, Kalyanam prefers Modi government than to having a
Congress government at the centre. “They ruled for more than 65 years
and people forgot the Mahatma and remembered other Gandhis,” he said.
He also said Mahtama Gandhi wanted to dissolve Congress and was in
favour of Lok Seva Sangh. He also stressed the need to have
prohibition laws against alcohol like that in Gujarat.
T Murthy, chief postmaster general, Tamil Nadu circle, Chennai and
Postmaster General of Chennai City Region Merwin Alexander were
present on the occasion
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