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Tamil Nadu Leaders Invoke Gandhi’s Ideals of Peace
Tamil Nadu leaders remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary.
They asked people to follow his teachings.
Gandhi believed in non-violence, truth and equality.
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay said these ideas could help build a peaceful and united society.
M K Stalin highlighted the importance of secularism and religious harmony.
He also asked people to learn from Gandhi’s life.
Edappadi K Palaniswami praised Gandhi for using non-violence against a powerful empire.
The leaders said Gandhi’s values remain important for India.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, M K Stalin and Edappadi K Palaniswami paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary.
The leaders urged people to uphold Gandhi’s principles of non-violence, truth, equality and religious harmony.
Vijay called for a peaceful, united society founded on simplicity, honesty, humanity and brotherhood.
Stalin urged people to study Gandhi’s life and protect India’s tradition of religious harmony and secularism.
Palaniswami described Gandhi as a symbol of virtue who challenged an empire through non-violence and defended the oppressed.
- Who
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, DMK president M K Stalin and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami.
- What
- They paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and urged people to uphold his ideals of non-violence, truth, equality and harmony.
- Where
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- When
- October 2, Gandhi’s birth anniversary; the report also identifies the day as Friday.
- Why
- To commemorate Gandhi and encourage people to preserve peace, religious harmony, unity, integrity and secularism.
Key facts
- Occasion
- Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary
- Date
- October 2
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Chief minister’s message
- C Joseph Vijay emphasized non-violence, simplicity, honesty, humanity, equality and social harmony.
- Stalin’s message
- M K Stalin stressed secularism, religious harmony and learning from Gandhi’s life.
- Palaniswami’s message
- Edappadi K Palaniswami praised Gandhi’s truth, moral virtue, equality and simplicity.
- Gandhi’s dates
- Born October 2, 1869, in Porbandar; assassinated January 30, 1948, in Delhi.
Quotes
M K Stalin
DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister
“protect the India that cherishes religious harmony.”
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Sources
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