Chennai: Mahatma Gandhiji’s message of ‘ahimsa’ is a powerful signal to mankind that stockpiling of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles will only lead to ruin, Governor Banbarilal Purohit has said on Tuesday.
Addressing the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of the Father of the Nation at Gandhi Mandapam, here, the Governor said “we are all privileged that we lived in the times of Gandhiji. Some of us have had a first hand experience of association with Gandhiji. This is a rare privilege and the accounts of those people who were associated with Gandhiji, when compiled, will serve as a guiding light for several generations in the coming centuries.”
The true essence of democracy should be understood in the sense that the common people are the masters of the nation, he added.
