In the Founder’s Week Celebration-2025, CM Yogi stressed on self-reliant and developed India and described PM Modi’s Panch Pran as an eternal mantra. He described pride in heritage, end of remnants of slavery, respect for the army and social unity as the basis of India’s development.
Gorakhpur. At the inauguration of the Founder’s Week Celebration-2025 of Maharana Pratap Education Council, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath emphasized on the vision of a self-reliant and developed India. He described the Panch Pran given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an eternal mantra for the country.
CM Yogi said that our aim is to make India a developed, self-reliant, happy and harmonious nation after completion of 100 years of independence in 2047. A nation where there is no ethnic, linguistic or regional dispute and no citizen becomes a victim of want or disaster.
SDRF Vice President Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri inaugurated the ceremony
In the presence of the Chief Minister, SDRF Vice President Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri formally inaugurated the Founder’s Week Celebrations-2025. A large number of representatives and citizens were present on this occasion.
Panch Prana: Five Basic Pillars of India’s Development
1) Pride in heritage- respect for ancestors and culture
CM Yogi said that the first pledge is to be proud of our heritage. Every Indian should be proud of his ancestors, culture and great men. Great leaders like Maharana Pratap, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Guru Gobind Singh Maharaj, Rani Laxmibai, Pt. Ramprasad Bismil, Ashfaq Ullah Khan, Roshan Singh are symbols of our glorious tradition. He said that the construction of a grand temple at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya is also an important part of this heritage.
2) Complete abolition of all signs of slavery
The second pledge is to eliminate the remnants of slavery. CM Yogi said that when the world was in darkness, India was a strong power.
- 2000 years ago, India’s share in the world economy was 46%.
- 400 years ago it remained at 26%.
- At the time of independence, India’s economic share was only 1.5%.
He said that the value of loot by foreign invaders would have been equivalent to about 32–35 trillion dollars in today’s time. Today India is a nearly $4 trillion economy and is emerging as the third largest economy in the world. India’s progress was possible because we embraced our heritage and eliminated the vestiges of slavery.
3) Respect for the military and uniformed forces
The third pledge is to respect uniformed personnel like army, paramilitary forces and police forces. CM Yogi said that gratitude for their services and sacrifice should be the duty of every citizen.
4) Social unity and freedom from division
CM Yogi said in the fourth pledge that the foreign invaders were successful because our society was divided in the name of caste, region and language. He said that if there is a fire in the neighborhood and we remain silent, then sooner or later it will affect us too. It is necessary to stop social hatred, strengthen national unity and make nationalism our first identity.
5) Fulfillment of civic duties- foundation of developed India
In the fifth pledge, CM Yogi said that every citizen should follow the law and his duties equally. If we think that the law will apply only to others and not to us – then this thinking becomes the root of all problems.
He said that students, teachers, businessmen, public representatives and every citizen should fulfill their responsibilities honestly, only then the Panch Pran will be able to fulfill the goal of a self-reliant and developed India.
If the entire country works in one direction, then India will emerge as a developed nation by 2047.
Chief guest at the event
Mayor Dr. Manglesh Srivastava, District Panchayat President Sadhna Singh, Vice Chancellor Prof. were present at the ceremony. Poonam Tandon, Prof. JP Saini, Prof. Many prominent people including Ravi Shankar Singh, Dr. Surendra Singh, MLA Fateh Bahadur Singh, Vipin Singh, Mahendra Pal Singh, Engineer Sarwan Nishad, Pradeep Shukla, Legislative Council member Dr. Dharmendra Singh, Ratanpal Singh, former mayor Anju Chaudhary were present.