Divyangjans are the most beautiful persons of the society. They inspire people to have positive attitude towards life, stated Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb at National Health Festival organized for Divyangjans at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Youth Hostel today. In the beginning of the event, Divyangjans performed yoga in front of the Chief Minister and other guests. Then the Chief Minister released white balloons and inaugurated the event. The event was organized as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with the initiative of Special Olympics Bharat-Tripura and Abhay Mission. In the event, Divyangjans had their health check-up and were handed over different items such as shoes, hygiene items etc.
The Chief Minister said, the state government’s duty is to deliver all kinds of government facilities to the weaker section of the society. But in the past days, these children were identified as handicapped which is an insulting term for them and their family. Prime Minister has changed the name after taking over the government as ‘Divyangjans’ which means those who came to the World for doing something special. Encouraging their parents, the Chief Minister said, those who have everything are not able to do many things. Name, Money, Property, lineage are not the factors of becoming a good man. He said, Divyangjans are participating in the Olympics, climbing Mt. Everest which means an individual’s identity is his work. He called on the parents to identify good qualities of their children and encourage them to become bright with that quality.
The Chief Minister said, AIDS infection and drug addiction is gaining momentum among the youngsters presently. Healthy people are getting into this vicious cycle in many ways. The present state government earnestly aims to build Drug free Tripura. He sought everyone’s cooperation in this regard. He also interacted with Divyangjans and got selfies with them. A Divyangjan, Shukla Sutradhar of Bhattapukur Kali Tilla sang a song at the event for the Chief Minister.
Other dignitaries present at the event were Sabhadhipati of West Tripura Zilla Parishad Antara Deb Sarkar, Mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation Dipak Majumdar, Director of Census Operations Pradip Kumar Chakraborty, President of Special Olympics Bharat-Tripura Prabir Kumar Nag, President of Abhay Mission Nirmal Deb and Secretary Sushmita Dey.
