Chennai, Oct 2 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, DMK president M K Stalin and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, urging the people to uphold his foundational ideals of non-violence, religious harmony, and truth.
In a post on ‘X’, CM Vijay stated that Gandhi secured India’s freedom using the great weapon of non-violence.
Highlighting Gandhi’s guiding principles of simplicity, honesty, humanity, equality, and social harmony, Vijay called upon people to fulfill the leader’s dreams by building a society rooted in peace and brotherhood, and by protecting the nation’s unity and integrity.
Former Chief Minister Stalin underscored the importance of secularism in his Gandhi Jayanti message.
Taking to ‘X’, he urged the public to study Gandhi’s life and learn from his teachings.
Stalin gave a call to “protect the India that cherishes religious harmony.”
AIADMK chief Palaniswami commemorated Gandhi as the embodiment of virtue who shook a global empire with the single weapon of non-violence.
He noted in his ‘X’ post that Gandhi breathed the ideals of equality, simplicity, and truth throughout his life, acting as the voice of the oppressed and the soul of rural India.
Palaniswami pledged to steadfastly follow Gandhi’s path of truth and moral virtue.
Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar and was assassinated on January 30, 1948, in Delhi. PTI JR KH
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