JK Minister asks younger generation to follow teachings of great Gurus

            Jammu, February 20 (Scoop News) – Describing Guru Ravidasji as champion of equality, human dignity and great spiritual saint of his times, the Minister for Health, Horticulture and Floriculture,  Sham Lal Sharma has said that people should follow the teachings of this great saint and lead the peaceful life.

            The Minister was speaking at an impressive function organized to celebrate Guru Ravidasji Jayanti at Rajpora, here today.

            Saying that Guru Ravidasji throughout his life worked for the upliftment of weaker sections and served the humanity selflessly, the Minister maintained that he enlightened the masses to eradicate various social evils from the society and adopting the path of truthfulness. He was always champion of causes for weaker sections and downtrodden people. The real tribute to this great saint would be to follow his teachings in true spirit for strengthening the mutual brotherhood and serving the humanity, he asserted.

             Sharma said that India is a country of saints and gurus and believe in multi religious society. All religions have their own significance and teach to live with peace and help the needy and downtrodden people of the society. “We all should work with honesty, dedication and commitment to make our society more progressive and addiction and stress free”, said  Sharma.

            Maintaining that younger generation is distancing from the basic ethos of rich heritage and moral values taught by our forefathers and great saints, the Minister said that efforts should be made to promote these value based teachings for peace and prosperity of society. “We all should contribute to make our society more healthy and eradicating the social evils like, smoking, dowry, drug addiction and corruption. We should give value based education to our children so that they become good citizens and serve the society selflessly”, the Minister maintained.

            Expressing grave concern on the female foeticide, the Minister said that this is biggest crime in the society and collective efforts are required to be made to curb this menace. He appealed the women folk to help in this task and treat male and female child equally. He reiterated the resolve of Government to enforce the laws more stringently to deal with the culprits of this crime.

            The children of different schools and famous artists presented cultural programme and bajans, highlighting the social evils, which were highly applauded by the audience.

            The Minister gave away prizes to the children who excelled in academic and cultural activities.

            The Guru Ravidass Ji Sabha, Rajpora felicitated the Minister by offering him traditional Dogra turban. The Sabha also felicitated ex-Corporater, Manmohan Singh and various other dignitaries associated with the social works.

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