Gujarat govt, Gujarat BJP gear up to celebrate Swami Vivekananda’s 150th birth anniversery on 12 January 2012

Ahmedabad, 11 January, 2012

Gujarat unit of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha(BJYM) will be organizing several programmes to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on 12 January, 2012.

In Vadodara the events such as rangoli competition, kite distribution in slum, inauguration of a garden, a march, and unveiling of Swami Vivekananda’s statue on Vaghodia road are organized.

In Amdavad, large number of youths will dress like Swami Vivekananda and will offer flowers to Swami Vivekananda’s statue.

In Surat, a march will begin from Athwa lines and end at Swami Vivekananda circle in Makaipura. A speech has been organized on the life of Swami Vivekananda.

In Gandhinagar, the BJYM workers will organize a march between Gh-5 circle and Civil hospital based Vivekananda statue.

In Jamnagar, two marches and youth convention has been organized. In Rajkot, a rally will begin at Zansi ni rani statue and end at Vivekananda statue where a public meeting will be held. A progamme of distributing nutritious food to slum children has been organized on this occasion. In Junagadh, each ward will have a rally which will be participated by youths wearing Swami Vivekananda like dress. In Bhavnagar a Vichar Prasar Yatra will be held followed by a youth convention.

BJP will organize youth convention at each district centre as per the statement issued by state party spokesperson Shri IK Jadeja today.

The state government is going to organize a grand youth convention in Gandhinagar’s Mahatma Mandir in presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi and former President of India Shri APJ Abdul Kalam.

The state government and the state unit of BJP both are organizing the 150th birth anniversary year of Shri Swami Vivekananda as a Yuva shakti year.