Need to educate youth about Indian Freedom struggle: Amit Shah

Port Blair: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Saturday called emphasised on the need of giving appropriate education of the Indian Freedom struggle to the youth of the country.

Unveiling the “Veer Savarkar Jyot” at National Memorial – Cellular Jail at Port Blair today, Shah said, the vocabulary used by the British Empire during their regime in the country should be removed from history once and for all.

Remembering the sacrifices of Veer Savarkar, he said that the great revolutionary lived and died for the motherland.

Shah called upon the countrymen to visit Port Blair as pilgrimage at least once in a life and pay tribute to the great fighter, thinker and social reformer Veer Savarkar.

The programme was attended by Union State Mister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan, and senior leaders of BJP.

The Lt. Governor, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lt. Gen. A. K. Singh, Member of Parliament Bishnu Pada Ray also highlighted the struggle of Veer Savarkar for freedom of motherland. (ANI)