{"id":330656,"date":"2021-01-30T06:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T06:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=330656"},"modified":"2021-01-30T06:45:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T06:45:27","slug":"president-kovind-pm-modi-pay-tributes-to-mahatma-gandhi-on-his-death-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/president-kovind-pm-modi-pay-tributes-to-mahatma-gandhi-on-his-death-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kovind, PM Modi pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330657 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/mahatma-gandhi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/mahatma-gandhi.jpg 702w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/mahatma-gandhi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/mahatma-gandhi-696x465.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/mahatma-gandhi-629x420.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/>President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Kovind in a tweet said, \u201cOn behalf of a grateful nation, my humble tributes to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi who embraced martyrdom this day. We should adhere to his ideals of\u00a0 peace, non-violence, simplicity, purity of means and humility. Let us resolve to follow his path of truth and love.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi said Bapu\u2019s ideals continue to motivate millions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cTributes to the great Bapu on his Punya Tithi. His ideals continue to motivate millions. On Martyrs\u2019 Day we recall the heroic sacrifices of all those great women and men who devoted themselves towards India\u2019s freedom and the well-being of every Indian,\u201d PM Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vice President M <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venkaiah Naidu said Mahatma <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gandhi\u2019s glorious life and principles continue to inspire the entire world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as is humanly possible from violence.&#8221;- Mahatma Gandhi. My respectful tributes to the #FatherOfTheNation, #MahatmaGandhi Ji on his death anniversary today,\u201d Naidu tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201c#Gandhi Ji was a crusader of peace, non-violence &amp; selfless service. Both, through his words and actions, he left an indelible imprint on the sands of time. He inspired countless people worldwide to follow the path of ahimsa.\u00a0 #MahatmaGandhi,\u201d the Vice President said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHe worked relentlessly for the uplift of the vulnerable sections, downtrodden and socially backward. #Gandhi Ji&#8217;s glorious life and principles continue to inspire the entire world. As we remember him, let us emulate his teachings and resolve to follow the path shown by him,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary. President Kovind in a tweet said, \u201cOn behalf of a grateful nation, my humble tributes to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi who embraced martyrdom this day. We should adhere to his ideals of\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":330657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[2746,316,1452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330658,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330656\/revisions\/330658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/330657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}