Silent Padyatra commences from statue site of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and ends at Lok Bhavan

Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh commemorated Partition Horror Memorial Day with a ‘Partition Horror Memorial Silent Padyatra’ led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday. The event began with the Chief Minister paying tribute to the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by offering flowers. The padyatra then commenced from the statue site and made its way to Lok Bhavan.

Throughout the march, the Chief Minister held a placard conveying the profound pain of those who endured the horrors of Partition. Upon reaching Lok Bhavan, he visited an Archive Exhibition dedicated to the tragic events of Partition.

Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brajesh Pathak, Mayor Sushma Kharkwal, Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Dinesh Sharma, State Government Ministers Jaiveer Singh, Balveer Singh Aulakh, MLAs Yogesh Shukla, OP Srivastava, Legislative Council Member Mahendra Singh, Ramchandra Pradhan, Mukesh Sharma, Anoop Gupta, Umesh Dwivedi, BJP Metropolitan President Anand Dwivedi and many public representatives and dignitaries were present at the event.

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid a heartfelt tribute to the countless innocent citizens who lost their lives in the tragedy of Partition on ‘Partition Horror Memorial Day.’ In a message shared on X, he reflected on the profound impact of the event, stating that it was not merely the partition of a country but a division of humanity itself. This inhuman decision led to the loss of countless innocent lives, inflicting pain of displacement, and immense suffering on people.

The Chief Minister further wrote, “Our Mother India, who introduced the world to the soulful feeling of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, was pushed towards the tragedy of partition on this day in the year 1947 for vested political interests. Humble tribute to all the innocent citizens who sacrificed their lives in this inhuman tragedy today on ‘Partition Horror Memorial Day’!”