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NRI bjp News : Overseas Friends of BJP, of Southern California chapter

By Harish Dhruv and Dr. Amit Desai

Run for Unity Celebrated in Southern California

 Organized by prominent community leader Harish Dhruv and Dr. Amit Desai of

Overseas Friends of BJP, of Southern California chapter.

 Cerritos Regional Park, Aug. 26, 2014
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On January 26, 2014, the people of California celebrated “Run for Unity” in Cerritos Regional Park.  This event was a part of a series of events being celebrated all over the world and was attended by various community leaders and organizations

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 The event was held in honor of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who pioneered the unification of India.  The union of India from the princely state of Kashmir to Kanya Kumari was possible because of the timely and careful vision of Sardar Patel. The memory of Sardar Patel is being put in the form of the world’s largest statue and this monument will represent the due respect paid by the people of India.

 Dr. Desai, in his opening remarks stated the importance of the Statue of Unity and elaborated the depth of this massive project.  Dr. Desai stated that Shree Narendra Modi has collected the soil and iron from all of the states in India so that this statue can and will represent the true unity of India.  The donations were given freely and with much respect by people all over India.  Dr. Desai also stated that this project, which is based on a public/private partnership model, when completed will see Shree Narendra Modi’s vision come true.

 Chief Guest, Dr. Krishna Reddy (founder and chairman of the India American Friendship Council) praised the project of Shree Narendra Modi and said the future generation will appreciate Shree Modiji.  He also stated that India is plagued with corruption, crimes, rapes, and money laundering and that the society has turned lawless due to poor and corrupt governance.  Dr. Reddy stated that the Prime Minister is a hopeless economist and the country is in a poor economic state.  He also stated that the law ministers are lawless and change the 2G documents, the defense minister is defenseless with the antiquated defense equipment to face the enemy from the north; the foreign minister reads the wrong documents in the UN sessions; the railway minister with a corrupt record goes free, and the home minister cannot protect the citizens after the 9-11 incident in spite of an earl U.S. warning.  Dr. Reddy strongly stated that the country needs a dynamic leader like Shree Narendra Modi to bring India back from the Intensive Care Unit.

 Another community leader, and MC of this program, Harish Dhruv of OFBJP also spoke elegantly about the unity of India and the vision that Sardar Patel had. Mr. Dhruv stated Sardar Patel’s contribution during the struggle for freedom against the Britishers, and at the time of independence of Bharat, bringing all 560 Plus princely states, at the end, thro’ his vision of newly born nation and diplomacy, joining  unified Bharat.

 One by one the prominent leaders spoke on Sardar Patel’s contribution to the unification of India.  One of the attendees, Dr. Dharma Reddy, who was from Hyderabad, also spoke of how Sardar Patel made sure that the Nizam of Hyderabad understood the importance of joining the unification of India, and said that if not for Sardar Patel, it would not be part of India today.   

Other community leaders in attendance were Gopal Chaturvedi, Dr. Rangesh Gadsalli, Jiten Patel, Mr. Subbarao, Mr. Ramji Patel, Dr. Jay Shah, Ajoy Dube, Dr. Manorama Sharma, Ashok Patnaik, and Ishwar Deedwania, etc.

 There was also a flag hoisting ceremony, which was conducted by Mrs. Mayuri Desai, Mrs. Usha Shah, Gopal Chaturvedi and Dr. Krishna Reddy.  The Indian National Anthem was sung by all present.  Everyone present took a symbolic run around the park.  Even though there were many Republic Day functions happening on this day, more than 100 people attended this function.  It was a true Run for Unity as people from different states of India attended. 

 Dr. Desai thanked everyone for taking the time to attend and refreshments were served. 

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FOBJP in LA: by Harish Dhruv

OFBJP, Southern California, is existence since 1991, and under that National organization banner we have done numerous events, and hosted many BJP Leaders such as Advaniji, Murali Manohar Joshi, Sushama Swaraj, Jagmohanji, (Former Governor of Jammu Kashmir ),Gopinath Munde ( DY. Chief Minister of Maharastra), even Narendra Mody when he was full time RSS Pracharak, and invited by Republic Party, along with others as " UP COMING POLITICAL LEADERS FROM BHARAT " etc just to name a few.

Over One hundred press releases in ethnic news papers, were sent out by our organization in last 23 years. I am also continuously from last 23 years elected members, of National executive committee member of OFBJP, and was elected, president of OFBJP between 2009 to 2011.

We also hold legal registration in State of California, and registration with IRS.

Sincerely,Harish Dhruv

 


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