Gujarat Confidential: Swadeshi Prep

Last week, Gujarat BJP chief and Union Minister C R Paatil and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel addressed media persons at the party’s state headquarters, Shree Kamalam, to push the Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign of the central leadership. In their address, the two leaders laid emphasis on the need to buy Swadeshi goods to make the campaign a success. During the event, in an informal interaction with party workers, some media persons commented that one should check how many BJP party workers present there were wearing foreign goods like watches, shoes etc. To this, a party worker, who is known for using certain foreign articles, said that he was aware of the possibility of such a comment on the occasion and therefore had worn indigenous articles, including shoes for the day.

Hindi Diwas at IIMA

As part of its celebration of Hindi Diwas between September 16-30, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) organised various competitions such as Hindi calligraphy, Hindi poetry recitation, Hindi online general knowledge, Hindi word knowledge contest and Hindi essay writing to propagate and promote the use of Hindi.

The institute also organised an exhibition of Hindi books. The winners were awarded cash prizes and certificates. According to an official release from the IIMA, “The institute has consistently demonstrated its commitment to the promotion and propagation of Hindi, as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs and will continue to strengthen its efforts even further.”