Good morning everyone,

Today my speech is dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi whose principles and

values are even today being considered instrumental in gaining
independence from foreign dominance.

Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, October 2nd, is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti,

all across the nation. He was born in year 1869 at a place named
Porbandar in Gujarat.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a lot to learn from the life of Gandhiji, his
principles of truth and non-violence teach us a lot about leading life with
honesty. He is a well-known figure in Indian Independence history, for
bringing the concept of Satyagraha, which means abiding by the truth
force, is a particular form of civil resistance. He became the leader of Indian
National Congress in 1921, and then led various nationwide campaigns for
social causes and achieving self-rule or Swaraj.

The Gandhi Jayanti of the year 2019 holds special significance. It marks
the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This was also the day that
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set as a target for the Swacch Bharat
Abhiyan. When the programme was launched, it intended to achieve
cleanliness in India in terms of various aspects such as sanitation, roads
and public spaces. This has been made in memory of
Gandhiji’s commitment towards cleanliness.

Mahatma Gandhi is a huge public figure who is familiar with all kinds of
people in this country and across the world. A speech is not sufficient to
honour the memory of the values he stood for and the life he led. We as the
future of the country can honour him by living by the principles of truth,
simplicity and non-violence that he strived to propagate and make India an
inclusive nation.

In the end I would like to quote Mahatma Gandhi “A man is but

the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.”

Thank you and Jai Hind!