Modi briefs party MPs about govt plans to celebrate 75th Independence Day

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday briefed the BJP MPs on the government's plans to celebrate 75 years of Independence during the parliamentary party meeting.

Modi told the MPs that the celebrations, inspired by the Dandi march, will begin from March 12, the day when Mahatma Gandhi launched a non-violent protest against the British monopoly on the production of salt.

The celebrations will begin from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat. He said the Union Ministry of Culture has identified 75 places where the celebration will be held. He also asked the MPs to be present in their respective states to be able to participate in these celebrations.

The PM has also asked the MPs to aid in the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination drive being held across the country. "With the speed which we are going in vaccination, there will be a time when there would be India on one side and other nations together on another," he said at the meeting.

The Prime Minister also asked parliamentarians to be present in both the Houses and maintain discipline while participating in the proceedings.

He said this while giving relaxation to the party leaders who have been allocated duties in the forthcoming Assembly elections.

"Those leaders who have been allocated tasks in the forthcoming Assembly polls can be exempt, but others need be present in the House," the prime minister directed, sources said.