Sumitra Mahajan inaugurates 'New India-We Resolve to Make'

New Delhi, Sep 1: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today inaugurated the Exhibition-cum-Seminar ‘New India – We Resolve to Make’ here, stating it was not just an event, but a 'Sankalp' to make a new India in the next five years. Addressing the occasion, Ms Mahajan said India got independence just in five years of starting Quit India Movement due to its 'Sankalp'. Every freedom fighter fought for Independence in a different method, she added. Ms Mahajan said in Lok Sabha, all parties have made a 'Sankalp'. 'The exhibition is for children, who are the future of India. They should be made aware about our country's rich traditions,' she added. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who was present on this occasion, said that very few people who participated in August Kranti Andolan are alive today. In this context, it is very important to make the children know how the country got Independence. With programmes like these, children would be connecting with the freedom struggle. Government is making every effort to take everyone in 'Sankalp se Sidhi' to make India free of corruption; free of poverty; free of filth; free of communalism; free of terrorism and free of casteism, he added. According to Mr Naqvi, the Exhibition-cum-Seminar will be organised in association with the Central Public Sector Units (CPSUs) at 39 places across the country on theme 'Naya Bharat – Karke Rahenge' or 'New India – We Resolve to Make' to commemorate the 75 years of 'Quit India Movement' and forthcoming 75 years of Independence in 2022. He said the focus of the exhibitions will be on India's freedom movement from 1857 to 1947, showing the various activities initiated to attain the freedom from the British rule, including the First War of Independence-1857, Champaran Satyagrah, Non-cooperation Movement, Dandi Yatra and the Quit India Movement. 'Besides this, the period of five years from 1942 to 1947 will be reflected to show how the movement of India’s struggle for freedom transformed the entire country into one to fight for the freedom from the British Rule and in the end, the vision of new India from 2017 to 2022 will be showcased, when we will be celebrating 75 years of India's Independence,' he added. UNI