Swachh Bharath Abhiyan "Healthy Mind-Clean Campus" organised at BIT
Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT) organized a Swachh Bharath Abhiyan under the theme "Healthy Mind - Clean Campus" on October 7, 2024. The event aimed to promote cleanliness and mental well-being among students. Dr. Ashwini S Shetty, Director of Extension and Outreach at Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), was the Chief Guest.
The program began with an invocation song. Dr. S.I. Manjur Basha, Principal of BIT, Dr. Nalini E Rebello, Head of the Civil Engineering Department, Dr. Kafeel Delvi, NSS Officer, and Prof. Badruddin P.M, NSS Coordinator, were also present on the dais.
During her address, Dr. Ashwini emphasized the connection between a healthy mind and a clean environment. She highlighted the importance of physical activity, good eating habits, and avoiding junk food, explaining the negative effects junk food can have on organs such as the lungs, heart, and reproductive system. She encouraged students to adopt schools and extend support to underprivileged communities, stressing that helping others brings satisfaction and happiness.
Dr. Ashwini also discussed the environmental impact of human actions on soil, land, and air, urging the need for maintaining a clean and healthy environment.
The session concluded with a Sanskrit verse emphasizing serenity, self-control, and purity of thought. Following the formal session, students actively participated in a campus cleanliness drive, picking up papers, plastics, and ensuring the campus was left in a clean and hygienic condition.
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Cong's countrywide protest on Wednesday against VB-G RAM-G bill replacing MGNREGA
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress will hold protests across the country on Wednesday against the Centre's rural employment bill VB-G RAM G that seeks to replace MGNREGA, claiming it was a "BJP-RSS conspiracy" to dismantle a rights-based welfare scheme and attack Mahatma Gandhi's legacy, workers' rights and federal responsibility.
The opposition party's general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, in a letter to all state Congress presidents, urged them to organise protests at all district headquarters.
These protests must be held with portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, symbolising resistance to the erasure of his name and values, and highlight how the proposed law will impact the crores of beneficiaries of MGNREGA, he said in the letter.
"The combined attack on Gandhiji's legacy, workers' rights and federal responsibility exposes a larger BJP-RSS conspiracy to dismantle rights-based welfare and replace it with charity controlled from the Centre," Venugopal said.
The opposition has strongly objected to the introduction of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, when it was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday.
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The Congress and other opposition MPs also staged a protest in Parliament House complex over the Centre's move.
In the letter to the Congress state unit chief, Venugopal said that on December 28, the party's Foundation Day, programmes should be organised at all blocks and villages, with Mahatma Gandhi's portraits, reaffirming the party's commitment to the dignity of labour, social justice and the right to work.
"This is both a political and moral struggle. The Congress must lead from the front to defend MGNREGA, Gandhiji's legacy and the constitutional promise of justice for the poorest," Venugopal said in a post on X.
In his letter, he said the BJP government has taken an alarming and deliberate step by introducing a bill to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
"This is not a routine legislative exercise. It is a calculated political move to weaken a historical, rights-based people's law and to erase Mahatma Gandhi's name and values from India's most recognisable welfare legislation.
"This combined attack on Gandhiji's legacy, rights and federal responsibility exposes a larger BJP-RSS conspiracy to dismantle rights-based welfare and replace it with charity controlled from the Centre," he noted.
