Country going through testing times, need to adapt Gandhi's idea of nationalism: Sasikanth Senthil
Mangaluru: Former IAS Officer and DC of Dakshina Kannada District Sasikanth Senthil, who resigned from IAS earlier last month, on Wednesday added that the country was going through testing times as people were being asked every now and then to prove their nationalism.
Speaking at an event organised to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, in Mangaluru Senthil added that Gandhi’s idea of nationalism was different than how and where the country is currently heading.
“We should understand what Gandhi’s concept of nationalism was. He had a different vision for our country where we grow as a country with all our diversity, with no violence and without differentiating between the people of the country” Senthil noted.
“Gandhi’s idea of nationalism didn’t come out overnight. It took him years to come out and express his vision of the country and lead the freedom movement against the British by uniting whole country” he further added.
“Without love, unity, bonding and empathy among the diverse culture of this country the idea of nationalism cannot stand. These are the must factors for the idea nationalism” Senthil said.
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EC-TMC meet ends on bitter note; CEC asks TMC delegation to 'get lost', MP accused of 'shouting'
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New Delhi (PTI): The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "get lost" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC accused them of "shouting".
After the meeting, TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien told mediapersons that they handed over letters from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, and also apprised him of specific instances of poll officials having links with the BJP.
"Then he said, 'Get lost'. We have done eight to nine meetings with the Election Commission. Apart from the CEC, none of the other election commissioners spoke," O'Brien said.
"While we were walking out, one of my colleagues congratulated Gyanesh Kumar for being the only CEC to have notices moved in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for his removal," O'Brien MP said.
Meanwhile, sources in the Election Commission said the poll panel chief gave a "straight talk" to TMC leaders.
They accused O'Brien of shouting at the election commissioners and alleged that he asked the CEC not to speak.
The EC sources further said the elections in West Bengal would be "fear-free, violence-free, intimidation-free, and inducement-free."
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