Swami Chinmayananda memorial programme held in Manipur

Our Correspondent Moirang, Sep .11 (EMN):Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday said that the people should not be merely a rights seeker but need to work to such extend that each and every citizen of this country gets their due respect in foreign countries. “We have to leave negative thoughts so that there would be positive change, prosperity and inclusive growth in the country,” says Biren while addressing the ‘Swami Chinmayananda Memorial Lecture’ held at historic Indian National Army (INA) memorial hall, about 45 km south of Imphal on Monday. He appealed the people to abandon the mindset to work only for their personal benefits but rather work in bringing inclusive development in the State. He further stated that we need to organise such talk, lectures and conferences in our State so that we could think, mould and share wide knowledge to the present generation. On the occasion, Biren announced that photography would be allowed inside the premises of INA Museum from today. In his lecture on “Vision of India through the eyes of Swami Vivekananda and Swami Chinmayananda”, Eminent Thinker and Director India Foundation Ram Madhav said that people should become stakeholders to transform the country into a ‘New India’. He mentioned that in the next 5 years, India would become poverty free and corruption free country and no single person would be living in poverty by 2022. The government will have zero tolerance on terrorism and corruption, he added. The objective of the new BJP led government is to bring peace and normalcy in the State. The government is committed in restoring peace and saving territorial integrity of the State, he added. He further stated that knowledge without love is not a true knowledge. Let us commit ourselves to work and serve with love for the betterment of the society and country. Mentioning the present illiteracy, corruption, blind beliefs prevailing in the country he appealed the people to feel the pain of the present and should work to reform the present. He further stated that one should live with dreams in their eyes for bright future, dreams that motivate one to work for the country. Minister for Forest and Environment Th Shyamkumar, Regional Head, Chinmaya Mission (Chennai) His Holliness Swami Mitrananda, CM’s Advisor (HR and Economic Affairs) and MLA P Sharatchandra Singh, Chairman Lt. General (Retd) Himalaya Konsam of Manopur Public Service Commission, Commandant Lt General LN Singh of Military Intelligence Training School and Depot, Pune, Professor Amar Yumnam of Manipur University, Vice-Chairman M Asnikumar Singh of Manipur Infrastructure Development Agency attended the function. In the day’s function which was organised by Chinmaya Mission, a 64 year old Hindu spiritual organisation engaged in the dissemination of Vedanta,