Mahant Digvijaynath played vital role in freedom struggle: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan

GORAKHPUR: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday unveiled a 12.5-ft-tall statue of Mahant Digvijaynath at a park named after him in Gorakhpur. While speaking on the occasion, the Union minister said a shodh peeth(research centre) will be established under the name of Mahant Gambhirnath at DDU Gorakhpur University.
“Mahant Digvijaynath always tried to provide equal education rights to women and girls and in 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi incorporated it in the New Education Policy (NEP).
The country will get momentum of development if people of all castes and creeds get the same education and the Union and state governments will work continuously with the motto ‘sabka saath sabka vikas’,” said Pradhan.
“The entire country is celebrating 75 years of independence and Mahant Digvijaynath played a vital role in the Chauri Chaura incident of freedom struggle,” he said.
The minister appreciated the leadership of PM Modi and CM Yogi and said under their guidance, Covid pandemic was managed efficiently and Uttar Pradesh made a record of administering 40 lakh vaccine doses on the occasion of PM Modi’s birthday.
“Under Ujjawala scheme, 8 crore women in the country got free LPG connections of which 2.5 crore are in Uttar Pradesh. Soon the LPG will be supplied through the pipeline in Gorakhpur.
The government is continuously working for the upliftment of the poor and underprivileged and a fertilizer plant dedicated to the farmers will be inaugurated next month,” he added.
While speaking on the occasion, the CM said Mahant Digvijaynath was associated with the freedom struggle as a revolutionary youth and wrote a new history in front of the nation and world with his works and personality.
“Positive thinking promotes development and it can’t exist with a negative mindset. When a government of nationalist ideology moves forward with positive thinking, infrastructure development takes place,” he said.
“PM Modi launched several public welfare schemes and today, the Ujjawala scheme brought a new revolution in the area of green energy and its benefits have reached the poor and needy without any discrimination,” the CM said.
“The fertilizer plant which was closed in 1990 will start operating again from next month under the guidance of PM Modi. Today, everyone can see that PM Modi gave a global platform to the country when 21st June became International Day of Yoga,” he added.