Panchkula (Haryana) [India], November 16 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini paid tributes to 19th-century Adivasi leader and freedom fighter Bhagwan Birsa Munda on the occasion of Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, invoking the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita to honour his legacy of social reform and anti-colonial resistance.
Addressing an event on Janjatiya Gaurav Divas here, Saini on Sunday highlighted Munda's profound impact on Adivasi empowerment, tracing his evolution from a grassroots reformer tackling local superstitions. Saini connected the principles of Karmayoga with Munda's historic struggle, stating that Munda was a revolutionary who lived out the Gita's message of standing up for Dharma.
"When our youth feel anxious about the future, the Gita gives them patience, wisdom, and the inspiration to act. Among those who lived by the Gita's 'Karmayoga' was Bhagwan Birsa Munda. Born on November 15, 1875, in Ulihatu, Jharkhand, who would have thought that this son of the forests would one day shake the foundations of British rule? He was first a social reformer, fighting against addiction and superstition, and then a revolutionary who lived out the Gita's message of standing up for Dharma," CM Saini said.
Earlier, Saini unveiled a slew of public infrastructure projects worth 44.83 crore rupees across the Pipli, Ladwa, and Thanesar regions, aimed at strengthening local power grids, healthcare access, and urban sanitation.
During his visit to Pipli, Saini offered prayers at the historic Neeldhari Gurudwara Pipli Sahib, invoking blessings for the social harmony, peace, and economic prosperity of the state's residents, and formally inaugurated four completed projects valued at 13.36 crore rupees, while the foundation stones were laid for two projects worth Rs 31.474 crore.
Meanwhile, newly operational assets include 33 KV electrical sub-stations in Sector-28, Kurukshetra, and Jogna Khera, engineered to curb power fluctuations and stabilise regional grid capacity.
Furthermore, new sub-health facilities were inaugurated in Mirzapur and Dayalpur villages, each built at an investment of 55.50 lakh rupees to expand primary healthcare delivery at the grassroots level.
Saini laid the foundation stones for two major infrastructural undertakings totalling 31.47 crore rupees.
Among them is a comprehensive sewerage network paired with a 6.50 million-litre-per-day (MLD) intermediate pumping station, designed to resolve long-standing drainage and wastewater management challenges in Pipli, Beed Pipli, and surrounding residential colonies along the Pipli-Ladwa corridor.
A second foundation stone was laid for the extensive renovation, structural improvement, and aesthetic beautification of KDB Road in Thanesar. The project spans the critical arterial stretch from the GT Road intersection at the Sector 2/3 dividing line up to Udham Singh Chowk, a move local civic authorities expect to ease traffic congestion and modernise urban transit corridors in the district.
Further, on X, the Haryana CM said that he visited the Gurudwara Sahib in Kurukshetra and offered prayers.
"I bowed my head at Gurdwara Sahib in Kurukshetra, belonging to the Niladhari sect (Pipli), and offered an Ardas at Guru Sahib’s feet for the well-being of all. On this occasion, I prayed for the happiness, prosperity, peace and well-being of the people of the state," Nayab Saini said. (ANI)
Haryana CM hails Birsa Munda as revolutionary who embodied Gita’s message of upholding dharma
