Cabinet approves renaming of Kandla Port as Deendayal Port
Cabinet approves renaming of Kandla Port as Deendayal Port
On 4th October, 2017 the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the renaming of Kandla Port as Deendayal Port.
This will inspire the People of Gujarat, particularly the Youth, who may not be fully aware of the contributions made by the great leader Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.
Since the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was to be celebrated on 25th September, 2017, it was felt that it would be most appropriate if the decision to rename the Kandla Port as Deendayal Port was made as a part of the birth anniversary celebration of this great national leader. About Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay-
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was the leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh from 1953 to 1968.
A profound philosopher, organiser par excellence and a leader who maintained the highest standards of personal integrity, he has been the source of ideological guidance and moral inspiration for the BJP since its inception.
His treatise Integral Humanism, which is a critique of both communism and capitalism, provides a holistic alternative perspective for political action and statecraft consistent with the laws of Creation and the universal needs of the human race.
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was born on Monday September 25, 1916, in the sacred region of Brij in the village of Nagla Chandraban in Mathura District .
At the instance of his friend Shri. Balwant Mahashabde, he joined the RSS in 1937.
He established the publishing house ‘Rashtra Dharma Prakashan’ in Lucknow and launched the monthly magazine ‘Rashtra Dharma’ to propound the principles he held sacred.
Later he launched the weekly ‘Panchjanya’ and still later the daily ‘Swadesh’.
In 1950, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, then Minister at the Center, opposed the Pandit Deendayalji convened on September 21, 1951 a political convention of UP and founded the state unit of the new party, Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Pandit. Deendayalji was the moving spirit and Dr. Mookerjee presided over the first all-India convention held on October 21, 1951.
Pandit Deendayalji’s organizing skills were unmatched. Finally came the red letter day in the annals of the Jana Sangh when this utterly unassuming leader of the party was raised to the high position of President in the year 1968.
On assuming this tremendous responsibility Deendayalji went to the South with the message of Jana Sangh.
