Kerala govt's focus on welfare development and unity: Pinarayi
In his Independence Day address, Vijayan said, "We are at a stage where we have undertaken the mission to transform Kerala into a knowledge-based innovative society.
Kerala is being built on a knowledge-based economy to secure the future of our coming generations.
We are moving forward by strengthening both people's welfare and state's development. On one hand, there is eradication of extreme poverty and on the other, building the future Kerala. This is also the occasion to pledge that all efforts will be made for these goals. We are advancing into a new era, achieving digital literacy and more.
This is a comprehensive advancement that includes everyone."
It's time to renew our commitment to make the country free of poverty, hunger deaths, child labour, illiteracy, caste bias, religious intolerance, lack of basics and unemployment, he added.
"An India without poverty, starvation deaths, child labour, illiteracy, caste discrimination, religious hatred, denial of basic necessities and unemployment.
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Have we been able to make this dream a reality? The truth is, we have not. Therefore, during this Independence Day celebration, we must rededicate ourselves to making all these dreams come true," said Vijayan.
"India's greatest achievement in the past decades is that, except for a brief period, we have been able to maintain democracy in the country. This is no small feat. We have seen neighbouring countries where democracy was overthrown and replaced by military rule.
We have seen calls for theocracy gaining strength in some places. We have also seen democratic govts being replaced by puppet regimes under imperial control," he said.
"No matter what shortcomings exist at any level, the framers of our Constitution have reflected in it the determination that democracy should not ultimately be destroyed. We must protect it," he added.
"Even as external imperial threats rise against the sovereignty of the country, divisive threats that can fracture the unity of the people are emerging from within. Forces of communalism are intensifying efforts to fracture the 'idea of India' along caste and religious lines. We must be able to resist and defeat this with unity beyond all divisions. This is the occasion to take such a pledge," he said.
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