The Goa Liberation Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and patriotic fervour at historic Kranti Maidan, Ponda today where Agriculture Minister, Shri Ravi Naik unfurls the national tricolour and inspected the guard of honour.
Addressing the gathering Shri Naik said though our state achieved liberation after 14 years of India’s Independence Goa, geographically though being a small State has seen noteworthy development in almost all the sectors – be it in education, culture, sports and health over the years. Central government has contributed for the overall development of Goa, thereby benefiting us tremendously under the able leadership of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. He called upon people to strengthen his hands to lead our country. He urged all the communities to work together to usher in progress and development in all areas of human endeavour.
Shri Naik thanked the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for selecting Goa State for hosting some of the prestigious events like G20 Summit, which was an opportunity to portray the State’s rich culture and hospitality.
Speaking further Shri Naik said that the government led by Dr. Pramod Sawant is continuously striving to provide good governance to the people. He appealed to the people to cooperate and work together to maintain peace and communal harmony and rededicate themselves to the cause of progress and prosperity of the state. He said, that there is a need to promote national integration and communal harmony among people of different faith.
Among those present on the occasion were Shri Ritesh Naik, Chairperson, Ponda Municipal Council; Commanding Officer 6 TTR, Ponda, Col. Jasvinder Singh, NRI Commissioner Shri Narendra Savaikar, Councillors, ZP’s, Sarpancha’s, Government Officials, Freedom Fighters and large number of students.
Students from different High Schools of Ponda presented cultural programmes on the occasion.
Earlier on his arrival at Kranti Maidan, the Agriculture Minister was received by Shri Suyash Khandekar,Dy. Collector and Shri Ashish Shirodkar, Dy. SP.
