Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress demands immediate withdrawal of Khadi calendars

BHOPAL:

Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress

on Friday protested against the replacement of Mahatma Gandhi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Khadi Gramodyog calendar 2017. The demonstration was held around 2 pm outside the state PCC office and led by state Youth Congress chief Kunal Goswami.

"This is a brazen attempt to finish the ideology of the Mahatma and crush Gandhian philosophy," Kunal Goswami told TOI. "What does a Prime Minister who has been in the news for adorning a suit worth Rs 10 lakh, have to do with Khadi?" he asked.

Youth Congress argued that the Prime Minister does not know the symbolism of the khadi which had great significance during the Freedom Movement.

"PM Modi has treated the Khadi calendar like the Kingfisher calendar. We demand that the MSME (Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises) immediately withdraw the calendars and diaries of the Khadi and Village Industries Corporation and reprint the same with

Mahatma Gandhi's photographs

," Goswami said.