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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurates 'New India - We Resolve to Make' exhibition in Mumbai

| @indiablooms | Sep 07, 2017, at 08:54 pm
Mumbai, Sep 7 (IBNS): Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that tolerance is the culture and commitment of India and Indians, and it is the nation's Constitutional duty to protect and strengthen this culture.

He was speaking at the inauguration of an exhibition and cultural event called 'New India- We Resolve to Make', at Mumbai's Bandra Railway Station, on Thursday. 

The programme was jointly organised by Parliamentary Affairs Ministry and Container Corporation of India.

Minister Naqvi said that any type of violence and anarchy is a conspiracy to weaken the fabric of the country’s social harmony and strength of 'unity in diversity'.

"It is our Constitutional duty to protect this unity and defeat such evil forces who want to disturb our social harmony," Minister Naqvi said.

Minister Naqvi said that the Cenre is making every effort to take everyone in “Sankalp se Sidhi” campaign to make India free from corruption, poverty, filth, communalism, terrorism and casteism.

"We have taken a pledge to make a New India by 2022," he said..

He said that with this objective, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is organising the photo exhibition “New India- We Resolve to Make” at 39 places across the country. 

The focus of the exhibitions will be on India’s freedom movement from 1857 to 1947, showing the various activities initiated to attain the freedom from the British rule- “The First War of Independence, 1857”, “The Champaran Satyagrah”, “The Non-cooperation Movement”, “The Dandi Yatra” and “The Quit India Movement”.

The vision of New India from 2017 to 2022 will also be showcased.


Image: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi/Twitter

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