Motihari, Apr 4 : Vice President CP Radhakrishnan on Saturday described Bihar as a “land of great thoughts” where icons like Gautam Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi attained knowledge and found purpose.
Addressing the third convocation of Mahatma Gandhi Central University in East Champaran district, he said the development India has witnessed in the last decade under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is remarkable.
“We all know that Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment in Bihar, and Gandhi found his true ‘karma boomi’ in this very land of Champaran,” he said.
Radhakrishnan said, be it Buddhism, Jainism, or the idea of socialist revolution, everything took shape here.
“Bihar has produced visionaries like Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan, who shaped the moral and political conscience of India. I myself, as an 18 or 19 years old, had a deep association with the revolution in 1974 as the district general secretary of Coimbatore,” he said.
Radhakrishnan urged students to embrace nationalism and play their roles in “building a healthy and resilient society that never accepts non-ethical things”.
