New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at an event commemorating BJP veteran Kedarnath Sahni.
Here are the highlights of his address:
Here are the highlights of his address:
- Most people are forgotten after they die.
- Very few people stay among us even after they die
- Kedarnath ji is among us once more
- It could be Kedarnath ji's journey
- But I feel like I was part of his life
- Kedarnath ji used to work at a place, which is now in Pakistan.
- He wanted to join the air force. But life had other plans
- All of you have worked with him somewhere or the other
- Some faces of the Jan Sangh have endured through the ages - Kedarnath ji, Vijay (Kumar Malhotra) ji, Madan Lal Khurana ji
- They were the best examples of how to work in an organisation with colleagues
- Kedarnath ji did not have a tough personality. But during struggles, you could see a different side of him
- During a flood, his work was even praised by officials
- And the second time after the death of Smt Gandhi and the violence that followed - when Sikhs were getting killed, he fearlessly gave Sikh families refuge in his homes and helped them
- Everybody knows what outlook of the regime was then
- The day emergency ended - it was such a win for democracy - the electoral loss of those who brought the emergency
- Kedarnath ji always used to be dressed in spotless clothes
- You could never see a pile of papers on his table
- He always responded to letters with handwritten letters
- Ms Sheila Dikshit has written about her experience with Kedarnath ji that his advice helped her make a crucial decision
- This proves, that in public life, he believed that country is bigger than the party
- He did not think that Sheila ji was from a different party, he thought about the welfare of Delhi
- Like his clothes, his persona too was spotless
- When you live for the country, your life has to be spotless
- But how the values are falling
- There was a time when people were staunchly against corruption
- Then the time of compromise came, people wanted their work done
- Next, corruption was forgotten. People said corruption isn't an issue anymore
- Now we have a time when people are making speeches in favour of corruption
- People usually hide when they are trying to steal
- We have to stand up against this compromise mentality for our future generations
- There may be some people who do not have the strength to fight
- But people who march with flags of evil are dangerous to the society
- The world never forgives those who betray values
- We are all who have been raised with deep respect for ideologies
- We are dedicated to the country
- That's why we can dare to speak about values
- This foundation was laid by great leaders like Kedarnath ji
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