Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay centenary begins

PM NARENDRA DAMODARDAS MODI and NATIONAL BJP President SHRI Amit Shah jointly inaugurate Year long celebrations of birth centenary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay at BJP national council meet at kozhikode in Kerala; PM urges people to celebrate it as Garib Kalyan Varsh.

Prime Minister unveiled the statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.  PM urged people to celebrate it as Garib Kalyan Varsh. BJP President Amit Shah talked of the role of Pandit Deendayal upadhyay.  Today is the birth anniversary of the great philosopher, thinker, sociologist, and organiser par excellence Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay,who has been the ideological guide of Bharatiya Janata Party. Pandit Upadhyay played an important role in formation of Bharatiya Jansangh. Pandit Upadhyay dedicated his life to the nation and society.  ‘We pledge to work for the nation as a whole. Every villager is part of me. Each one of them is son of India.’ These remarkable words were said by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.  A profound philosopher, sociologist, eminent political activist and an organizer par excellence Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay was a prominent leader of Jan Sangh who maintained the highest standards of personal integrity. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay has been the source of ideological guidance and moral inspiration for the Bhartiya Janata Party since its inception. His treatise on 'Integral Humanism' is a critique of both communism and capitalism, advocating a holistic alternative perspective for political action and statecraft consistent with the laws of creation and the universal needs of the human race.  Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay was born on September 25, 1916, in a village in Mathura District, UP. His father was a well known astrologer. After clearing his Intermediate exams from Pilani, Pandit Upadhyaya left for Kanpur to pursue his B.A. and joined the Sanatan Dharma college. Since his early years, he was dedicated towards social work.  During his college days, he joined RSS in 1937. Later he actively worked with NanajiDeshmukh and BhauJugade. He devoted his life for people's betterment and serving the nation.  In 1951, Bharatiya Jana Sangh was formed by Dr.Syama Prasad Mookerjee and PanditDeendayalUpadhyay. PanditDeendayal's organizing skills were unmatched.  Pandit Upadhyay established the publishing house 'Rashtra Dharma Prakashan' in Lucknow and launched the monthly magazine 'Rashtra Dharma' to propound the principles he held sacred. Later he launched the weekly 'Panchjanya' and still later the daily 'Swadesh'.  In 1951, Bharatiya Jana Sangh was formed by Dr.Syama Prasad Mookerjee and PanditDeendayalUpadhyay He established the publishing house 'Rashtra Dharma Prakashan' in Lucknow. He launched the monthly magazine 'Rashtra Dharma', the weekly 'Panchjanya' and the daily 'Swadesh'.  Pandit Deendayal wanted India to rise and grow on the basis of its rich culture and not western concepts left behind by the British at the time of their departure from India.  Deen Dayal Upadhyay conceived the political philosophy known as "Integral Humanism" which was adopted by Jana Sangh in 1965 as it's official doctrine. Finally came the red letter day in the annals of the Jana Sangh when this utterly unassuming leader of the party was raised to the high position of President in the year 1968. He emerged as an all-round national leader.  But on the dark night of February 11, 1968, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay died under mysterious conditions. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay is no more but his philosophy of integral humanism is there with its universal appeal guiding one and all associated with social and political life.  His immense intelligence and perfectionism impressed Dr.Syama Prasad Mookerjee so much that he was honoured with a famous statement: "If I had two Deendayals, I could transform the political face of India"!!