Along with the rest of the nation, Tripura on Wednesday observed Gandhi Jayanti to mark the 155th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi with full reverence and tribute and through a series of programme in the state.
The state level programme was held here at Agartala Circuit House on Wednesday morning, where the state industry and commerce minister Santana Chakma paid homage to the statue of Gandhi. She later visited Agartala Gandhi Ghat to pay a floral tribute the memorial of Gandhi in presence of the District Magistrate of West Tripura district Dr Vishal Kumar.
Offering wreaths at the Gandhi Vedi, the minister remembered the immense contribution of Mahatma Gandhi in Indian freedom movement. She said that the present government at the Centre and in the State is working by adopting the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi, who called for a self-reliant India through Gram Swaraj.
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