‘Bhagat Singh’s ideals have left an impact on youths’

Nagpur: To put light on thoughts of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi and Janmukti Sangharsha Vahini jointly organized a programme 'Importance of Shahid Bhagat Singh's thought in today's social and political situation' at Kasturba Bhavan, Bajaj Nagar on Friday.

Dr Vivek Korde was the keynote speaker on the event and senior journalist Prakash Chandratan was the chief guest of the function.

Talking about the life of Bhagat Singh, Korde said, "The life of Bhagat Singh was itself an example that revolution is not brought by pistols but by spreading awareness.

The thought process of Singh has highly influenced the youth of this century since the time of indepence. His thoughts prove to be relevant with current political situation and also across the globe."

Bhagat Singh's ideologies on how government should work, was well expressed by Korde. He said, "His ideologies revolved around three main topics, equality, discrimination and journalism.

"On equality, Singh professed that a government should run in such a way that the benefit is distributed equally irrespective of one's class, wealth or gender. Governments should work to uplift the entire population and not just the high profile specific people," he added.

Emphasizing the role of media in democracy, Korde said, "Singh's thoughts regarding media were very straightforward. There were things he appreciated while at times he disregarded them for spreading violence and inflicting terror on people.

"But he understood the importance of media to influence people and thus frequently wrote in magazines and newspapers to connect with the youth."

Talking about discrimination, Korde said, "Recently RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat insisted that secularism and socialism must be removed from the constitution. But Singh was a firm supporter of these two reforms. He believed that unless India is free from the pit of casteism, nothing can be achieved."