‘Freedom fighters’ dreams continue to inspire us’: PM Modi, Amit Shah, Kharge, Rajnath Singh mark 80th Independence Day

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PM
Modi
a d
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge

NEW
DELHI:

P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi,
U io
mi iste s
a d
oppositio
leade s
o
Satu day
exte ded
I depe de ce
Day
g eeti gs
to
citize s
as
I dia
ma ked
its
80th
I depe de ce
Day,
with
leade s
emembe i g
the
f eedom
st uggle
while
highlighti g
thei
visio s
fo
the
cou t y’s
futu e.P ime
Mi iste
Modi
paid
t ibute
to
f eedom
fighte s
a d
said
thei
cou age
a d
sac ifice
co ti ued
to
i spi e
I dia’s
jou ey
towa ds
a
developed
atio .Co g ess
p eside t

Mallika ju
Kha ge,
mea while,
said
co stitutio al
values,
democ atic
i stitutio s
a d
social
ha mo y
had
faced
“se ious
challe ges”
ove
the
past
decade.

PM
Modi
emembe s
f eedom
fighte s,
calls
fo
faste
p og ess

I
a
post
o
X,
PM
Modi
paid
t ibute
to
the
f eedom
fighte s
who
fought
agai st
colo ial
ule
a d
said
thei
d eams
co ti ued
to
i spi e
the
cou t y.”Wa m
g eeti gs
o
the
occasio
of
I depe de ce
Day.
We
emembe
with
g atitude
the
cou tless
f eedom
fighte s
whose
cou age,
sac ifice
a d
u wave i g
commitme t
e su ed
the
e d
of
colo ial
ule.
Thei
d eams
co ti ue
to
i spi e
us
as
we
wo k
togethe
to
build
a
Viksit
Bha at,”
he
w ote.

PM
Modi
added
that
I dia,
“powe ed
by
140
c o e
I dia s”,
was
scali g
ew
heights
of
p og ess
a d
exp essed
hope
that
the
cou t y’s
g owth
jou ey
would
accele ate
fu the .

Befo e
his
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
f om
the
Red
Fo t,
PM
Modi
also
visited
Raj
Ghat
a d
paid
flo al
t ibutes
to
Mahatma
Ga dhi.Also
ead:

PM
Modi
do s
ed
tie-a d-dye
tu ba
fo
I depe de ce
Day
add essThe
P ime
Mi iste
is
leadi g
the
80th
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s
at
the
Red
Fo t,
with
this
yea ‘s
ce emo y
also
ma ki g
150
yea s
of
Va de
Mata am
a d
highlighti g
the
ole
of
youth
i
I dia’s
jou ey
towa ds
Viksit
Bha at
2047.

Amit
Shah,
Raj ath
Si gh
pay
t ibute
to
f eedom
fighte s

U io
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah
also
exte ded
his
g eeti gs
a d
paid
t ibute
to
those
who
sac ificed
thei
lives
du i g
the
f eedom
st uggle.”Hea tfelt
I depe de ce
Day
g eeti gs
to
all
fellow
citize s
of
the
cou t y,”
Shah
said
i
a
post
o
X.

He
said
the
cou t y
should
use
the
occasio
to
esolve
to
accele ate
the
c eatio
of
a
“developed,
p ospe ous,
a d
self- elia t
I dia”.Defe ce
mi iste
Raj ath
Si gh
said
the
f eedom
st uggle
had
give
I dia s
ot
o ly
political
f eedom
but
also
the
espo sibility
to
shape
the
cou t y’s
futu e.

He
called
fo
a
collective
esolve
to
build
a
secu e,
st o g,
p ospe ous,
self- elia t
a d
developed
I dia,
while
p ese vi g
its
he itage
a d
pu sui g
mode ity,
p og ess
a d
i ovatio .

Kha ge
flags
co ce s
ove
co stitutio al
values

Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
st uck
a
diffe e t
ote
i
his
I depe de ce
Day
message,
sayi g
I dia
had
made
sig ifica t
p og ess
but
that
ma y
aspi atio s
emai ed
u fulfilled.”Ove
the
past
decade,
ou
Co stitutio al
values,
democ atic
i stitutio s
a d
social
ha mo y
have
faced
se ious
challe ges,”
Kha ge
said.

He
said
f eedom
mea t
mo e
tha
libe atio
f om
B itish
ule
a d
i cluded
the
co stitutio al
gua a tees
of
equality,
dig ity,
justice
a d
f eedom
of
exp essio Also
ead:

‘Va de
Mata am’
played
fo
fi st
time
as
PM
Modi
add esses
atio Kha ge
also
called
fo
g eate
oppo tu ities
fo
you g
people,
dig ity
a d
justice
fo
fa me s,
equality
fo
wome
a d
the
“full
measu e
of
equality
a d
justice”
fo
Dalits,
Adivasis,
OBCs,
mi o ities
a d
eco omically
weake
sectio s.He
said
the
cou t y’s
g eatest
esolve
o
I depe de ce
Day
should
be
“hope”.

Akhilesh,
Sha ad
Pawa ,
Nitish
Kuma
exte d
g eeti gs

Samajwadi
Pa ty
chief
Akhilesh
Yadav
called
o
citize s
to
p otect
the
Co stitutio ,
sayi g:
“F eedom
comes
f om
the
Co stitutio
itself.”

He
u ged
people
to
pledge
to
p otect
a d
uphold
the
co ti uity
of
the
Co stitutio .

NCP
(SP)
chief
Sha ad
Pawa
said
the
f eedom
secu ed
th ough
the
sac ifices
a d
pat iotism
of
cou tless
people
was
a
espo sibility
fo
eve y
citize .

He
called
fo
buildi g
a
p ospe ous,
capable
a d
i clusive
I dia
while
p ese vi g
co stitutio al
values.Fo me
Biha
chief
mi iste
Nitish
Kuma
also
exte ded
his
“hea tiest
co g atulatio s
a d
best
wishes”
to
people
ac oss
the
state
a d
the
cou t y
o
I depe de ce
Day.

The
messages
came
as
I dia
ma ked
79
yea s
si ce
gai i g
i depe de ce
f om
B itish
ule
i
1947,
with
political
leade s
ac oss
the
spect um
emembe i g
the
f eedom
st uggle
while
setti g
out
diffe i g
visio s
fo
the
cou t y’s
futu e.

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