Khadi symbol of our civilisation, tradition: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

Ranchi, January 7:  Khadi is not just a dress. This is a symbol of our civilization, culture, tradition and being indigenous.

This was stated by Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren while inaugurating the “national Khadi and Saras Mahotsav 2023-24” at Morabadi Ground in the Ranchi  on Sunday.

“We all are well aware that the name of the great personality, Mahatma Gandhi, is associated with Khadi, who gave a distinct identity to Khadi in the country and the world. In such a situation, we all need to join Khadi, so that we can further strengthen our traditional rural and indigenous system and take it forward,” said Soren.

The Chief Minister said that today is the era of materialism and technology. We are living with machines, but despite this we are moving forward taking our tradition, culture and civilization with us.

“Organizing Khadi and Saras Mahotsav is a part of this series, through which we are preserving our rural-desi traditional and ancestral systems and making today’s generation aware of it. Village industry like Khadi is an example of this. We have to take such systems of villages forward at any cost and for this we will have to overcome the challenges related to it. This is not possible only at the government level, for this every person will have to take initiative,” said Soren.

The Chief Minister said that the government is making continuous efforts to promote rural and indigenous products and lakhs of didis are making various types of products by joining Sakhi Mandals.

“These are indigenous products. The government is making the products of these didis available in the market through Palash brand, so that they can further strengthen their means of livelihood. For this, people will also have to connect with the products manufactured by them,” said Soren.