Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Rai Urges Carrying Forward Gandhi, Urs’s Public Service Ideals
B Ramanath Rai spoke about two former leaders, Rajiv Gandhi and D Devaraj Urs.
He said Rajiv Gandhi believed young people and technology could help build a modern India.
He said Devaraj Urs worked for poorer and disadvantaged people.
Rai explained that Urs supported social justice and land reforms.
He said both leaders’ ideas are still useful today.
Rai urged politicians to focus more on helping people than gaining power.
He also called for harmony and equality.
The meeting included Congress leaders and a tribute to worker Lakshman Shetty.
Former minister B Ramanath Rai urged people to revive the ideals of Rajiv Gandhi and D Devaraj Urs.
Rai described Rajiv Gandhi as a visionary who prioritized youth, technology and modernisation.
He highlighted Devaraj Urs’s work on social justice, land reforms and opportunities for disadvantaged communities.
Rai said public service, harmony and equality should take priority over political power and division.
Congress leaders attended the Mangaluru meeting, which also paid tribute to late worker Lakshman Shetty.
- Who
- Former minister B Ramanath Rai, Padmaraj Poojary, Congress leaders and other attendees; the discussion focused on Rajiv Gandhi and D Devaraj Urs.
- What
- A meeting highlighted the former leaders’ ideals and urged their continuation through public service, youth-focused development and social justice.
- When
- The date is not stated in the article.
- Where
- Mangaluru.
- Why
- Rai said the leaders’ people-oriented ideals should be introduced to the present generation and pursued in current politics.
- Main speaker
- Former minister B Ramanath Rai
- Leaders discussed
- Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Chief Minister D Devaraj Urs
- Rajiv Gandhi’s focus
- Youth power, technology and the creation of modern India
- Devaraj Urs’s focus
- Social justice, land reforms and opportunities for poor, backward and exploited communities
- Political message
- Prioritize public service over power, harmony over division and social justice over inequality
- Location
- Mangaluru
- Tribute
- Condolences were paid to late Congress worker Lakshman Shetty