# India

Naidu administers ‘Ekta’ pledge to officials

IANS | October 31, 2016 11:02 pm

Minister of Urban Development and Housing amp; Urban Poverty Alleviation Venkaiah Naidu on Monday administered ‘Ekta’ unity pledge to employees of both the ministries on the occasion of birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel India’s first Home Minister.

He also administered anti-corruption pledge on Patel’s birth anniversary which is celebrated as ‘Ekta Diwas’ unity day on October 31.

quot;Over the years justice has not been done to the lives and contributions of great leaders like Sardar Patel Subhash Chandra Bose B.R. Ambedkar Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya etc. to nation building. This needs to be corrected by reminding the people of their contributions and relevance of their vision to present timesquot; the minister told media after administering the pledge.nbsp;

The government is organising special programmes to perpetuate the memory of such leaders who have not been paid their dues he said.nbsp;

quot;Sardar Patel had made yeomen contribution to integration of India and hence his ‘jayanti’ is being celebrated as ‘Ekta Diwas’quot; the minister added.

Similarly Secretary Border Management in the Ministry of Home Affairs MHA Susheel Kumar and Secretary Department of Personnel and Training DoPT B.P. Sharma also administered the ‘Ekta Diwas’ pledge to the officers and staff of the MHA and DoPT.

They administered the integrity pledge to the officials of the ministry.nbsp;
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