MPCC recalls Quit India Movement
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 09 2016:
The 74th
anniversary of the Quit
India Movement was
observed today at Congress
Bhavan here under the
aegis of the Manipur
Pradesh Congress
Committee (MPCC).
The commemorative
function started with a
motorcycle rally and
offering of floral tributes
to the photographs of
Mahatma Gandhi,
Jawaharlal Nehru,
Subashchandra Bose and
Rani Gaidinliu.
Speaking at the
occasion, Chief Minister O
Ibobi stated that it was
under the leadership of
Mahatma Gandhi that the
Quit India Movement was
launched all over India
against the British
colonial rule.
The history of India is
largely a narrative of
Congress party, Ibobi
asserted.
It was the massive
non-violent movements
launched by different
freedom fighters that
ultimately drove out
British colonial rulers
from the country India achieved independence in 1947 but Mahatma Gandhi was
left dejected when India was bifurcated into India and Pakistan.
This was not what Gandhiji dreamt of.
He was a staunch champion
of a united India.
The British rulers knew that India would one day become
a super power.
That was why they sowed the seeds to divide
India into two countries.
Shortly after independence, Gandhiji was assassinated on
the assumption that he was acting against the interest of
Hindus.
It is a matter of pride that Gandhiji is deeply revered by
all countries and even the UN has declared October 2, the
birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, as the International Day of
Peace.
The Constitution of India is secular in spirit and content
and all the citizens have the right to profess any religion of
their choice, Ibobi asserted.
The Congress party would work to inform the public
about all the major activities carried out by the Congress
Government in the last 15 years ahead of the State Assembly
election.
"The hill people and the plain people are one and
equal and we must live together with mutual love and respect",
Ibobi asserted.
MPCC president TN Haokip called upon all the people to
follow the footsteps of the Indian freedom fighters.