POLITICAL AND students’ organisations took out processions, held meetings and paid floral tributes to freedom fighters on the 65th anniversary of the Quit India Movement here on Wednesday.
Chhatra Lok Janshakti (CLJ) activists took out a vehicle procession from Katra to Chowk and offered floral tributes to freedom fighters at a Neem tree on the occasion of Kranti-Diwas. They also held a meeting under the leadership of Lok Janshakti Party parliamentary board member and CLJ State president Arif Iqbal.
Iqbal said freedom fighters laid down their lives to win India freedom from British rule. In contrast, the policies of the present government had endangered the freedom of the country, he claimed.
Multi-national companies were calling the shots and the government was supporting capitalism and caste politics, he added.
He also said policies of the State Government had added to the suffering of farmers, students, and the youth.
Iqbal announced the CLJ would launch a State-wide agitation against the government. Party activists will gherao the Vidhan Bhawan on September 30.
Those present on the occasion were Prayag Rai, Umesh Pandey, Naseem Ahmed, Brijesh Singh, JP Yadav, Karan Srivastava, Amit Rai, Prateek Singh and Kamlesh Singh, among others.
The District Congress Committee held a meeting under the leadership of its president Prof Amar Nath Mishra. Mishra said the Congress would not let the sacrifices of freedom fighters go in vain. The party would fight corruption, social evils and casteism, he said.
The activists demanded a plaque with names of freedom fighters at the Allahabad Congress Committee office.
{{/usCountry}}The activists demanded a plaque with names of freedom fighters at the Allahabad Congress Committee office.
{{/usCountry}}Those present at the meeting were Ram Nihor Rakesh, Virendra Mohiley, Sayyed Rahman Ali, Moharram Ali, Naresh Kannaujia, Rajesh Srivastava, Vinod Shukla and Mohd Hasan Ansari, among others.
Youth Congress Committee activists also paid homage to freedom fighters.