New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday recalled the legacy of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia on her birth centenary while releasing a commemorative coin of Rs 100 in her honour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the virtual ceremony said that by making a law against triple talaq, the country has taken forward Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia's vision of women empowerment.
The Prime Minister said, "About women power, Rajmata Scindia used to say specifically that those hands which can rock a cradle, they can also rule the world. Today, India's women power is advancing in every field, advancing the country. By making a law against triple talaq, the country has taken forward Rajmata Scindia's vision of women empowerment."
Rajamat was a decisive leader and also a skilled administrator, the Prime Minister said.
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"Rajmata had dedicated her present for the future of the nation. For the future generations of the country, she had given up all her happiness. She did not live for position and prestige. With the blessings of Rajmata, the country is moving forward on the path of development today. Village, poor, Dalits, marginalised and women are the first priority of the country today," PM Modi said.
The Prime Minister further said that it is also a wonderful coincidence that "Rajmata had fought for the construction of Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, her dream has also been fulfilled in the year of her birth centenary. The country has fulfilled her big dream by scrapping Article 370."
"Rajmata Scindia dedicated her life to poor people. She proved that for people's representatives not 'Raj Satta' but 'Jan Seva' is important. Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindiaji was a witness to every important phase of Indian politics from the independence movement to the decades after independence. Before independence, Rajmata's experiences have expanded widely, from burning Holi of foreign clothes, to the Emergency and the Ram Temple movement," Prime Minister Modi said
"At the time of Ekta Yatra, Vijaya Raje Scindiaji introduced me as Narendra Modi, the youth leader of Gujarat. After so many years, today he is in front of you with many memories of her as the Prime Minister of the country," he added.
The Prime Minister said that Vijaya Raje Scindia had turned down many posts with humility.
"There have been many occasions when posts have come up to her. But she turned them down with humility. Once Atalji and Advaniji had urged her to become the President of the Jana Sangh. But she accepted to serve the Jana Sangh as an activist," he said.
The special coin minted by the Ministry of Finance is being released in celebration of her birth centenary.
Vijaya Raje Scindia is popularly known as the Rajmata of Gwalior. Family members of Scindia along with other dignitaries joined the ceremony from different locations all over the country through a virtual platform.
ANI report
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