Follow Mahatma Gandhi’s path to get world peace: President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday emphasised that the goal of world peace can be achieved through the path shown by Mahatma Gandhi as she unveiled a 12-foot statue of the Father of the Nation on the Gandhi Darshan premises at Rajghat.
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday unveiled a 12-foot statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat here.
Murmu also inaugurated the Gandhi Vatika, where statues of Gandhi in different postures have been installed at Gandhi Darshan, close to the Rajghat memorial.
Murmu said the Gandhi statues at Gandhi Vatika will inspire visitors, especially children.
At the event, the president said Mahatma Gandhi is an invaluable gift for the world community, and his values and ideals gave a new direction to the world.
“Gandhiji considered the whole world as a family,” she said, adding that India is trying to promote global brotherhood, cooperation, and peace and is leading the G20.
“From South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela to US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr to former US president Barack Obama, accepted that Mahatma Gandhi’s path of non-violence is the path of global development,” she said during her address.
The president also expressed hope that foreigners participating in the upcoming G20 Summit will visit Gandhi Darshan and learn about Gandhi.
Gandhi is an invaluable gift, she said, and further added that his values and ideals gave a new direction to the world.
Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena and Gandhi Darshan Vice-Chairman Vijay Goel were present at the programme.