Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray (File Photo) 
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Gandhiji, Shastri continue to be guiding lights: Maha CM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries, saying that their lives and works continue to be the guiding light in the present times. He garlanded the portraits of Gandhiji and Shastri here on the occasion.

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Thackeray said, "Gandhiji's life gives a message of self-sufficiency, dignity of labour, cleanliness and rural development. He has been a great ambassador of peace and non-violence." 

Talking about Shastri, the chief minister said he gave a strong leadership to the nation and his slogan of ''Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'' continues to inspire. 

On the occasion, Thackeray hailed the ''safai mitras'' (sanitation workers) and frontline workers for performing their duty of ensuring cleanliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and said the union urban development department's decision to honour their work was commendable.

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