January 12, 2014
Trinamool Yuva`s procession to mark Swami Vivekananda`s birth anniversary sees huge participation from people
All India Trinamool Yuva, one of the youth wings of Trinamool Congress observed Swamiji`s 151st birth anniversary on 12 January, 2014 with due honour and glory. A procession, led by National President of All India Trinamool Yuva, Abhishek Banerjee started from Swamiji`s ancestral home at Simla Street at 2 PM and culminated at the base of Gandhi statue on Mayo Road.
Many leaders of the party were present on the occasion. Trinamool State President Subrata Bakshi, Trinamool MP and Leader of the party in Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay, party MLA and Parliamentary Secretary Dr Nirmal Majhi, Chief Whip of the West Bengal Govt Sovandeb Chattopadhyay walked with the rank and file of Trinamool on the occasion.
The procession was led by a bike procession and a horde of tableaus depicting Swamiji`s life and quotes. Several cultural programmes were also being held in the procession. Thousands of party members and ordinary citizens joined the rally that crisscrossed vast areas of North and Central Kolkata. At the end of the rally, party leaders addressed the people at the base of the Gandhi statue of Mayo Road.
Speaking on the occasion, National President of Trinamool Yuva, Abhishek Banerjee said that Swami Vivekananda`s ideals should inspire people to pledge for building a new India. Asking party workers to come forward to dedicate themselves to the cause of nation building, Abhishek said it was time for second Independence and that we must throw our weight behind Mamata Banerjee – like we did in 2011 – and help her win Delhi. It was time to decimate the Congress party to a signboard, he added.
Drawing several anecdotes from Swamiji`s life, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay asked Trinamool workers to imbibe the principles espoused by the great monk, just like party supremo Mamata Banerjee does.
