She called for the return of khadi as the only material suitable for the Indian flag in a piece that appeared in The Hindu.
She called this cloth a representation of our nation’s pride in its history and economic strength.
Gandhi questions PM Modi’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ crusade
Gandhi addressed Top state leader Narendra Modi’s new push for the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ crusade in front of the Autonomy Day.
She communicated worry over the rising utilization of machine-made polyester banners, frequently produced using materials imported from China and different nations.
“His ethical guile in paying yielding to the public banner while promising faithfulness to an association that has stayed unconcerned with it, is one matter,” she composed.
Gandhi features verifiable meaning of khadi
Gandhi underlined the verifiable meaning of khadi, a texture hand turned and woven by Mahatma Gandhi during the public development.
She expressed that the Banner Code of India has generally commanded the public banner to be produced using “hand turned and hand-woven fleece/cotton/silk khadi hitting.”
The Congress chief further stated that khadi isn’t simply an image of our past yet additionally a symbol of Indian innovation and financial imperativeness.
Gandhi censures government’s change to Banner Code
Gandhi reprimanded the public authority’s choice in 2022, on the 75th commemoration of India’s autonomy, to correct the Banner Code and incorporate ‘machine made…polyester … hitting.’
She likewise brought up that polyester banners were excluded from Labor and products Expense (GST), putting them comparable to khadi banners.
The Congress chief contended that this was the point at which we ought to have reaffirmed our obligation to our country’s public images, yet rather picked mass-market, machine-made polyester texture.
Gandhi features predicament of public banner assembling unit
Gandhi featured the situation of the Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha (KKGSS) in Hubballi locale, the main public banner assembling unit certify by the Agency of Indian Principles (BIS).
She uncovered that this unit needed to go on an endless strike to cause to notice what she named as “state-supported murder” of India’s khadi industry.
This choice was made as India progressed from a worldwide center point for polyester assembling to a net merchant of polyester yarn in 2023 and 2024.
Gandhi condemns government’s methodology toward handloom area
Gandhi condemned the public authority’s methodology toward the handloom area, expressing that it has reliably preferred enormous corporate interests and oligopolization starting around 2014.
She contended that this has prompted the underlying destroying of our country’s miniature, little and medium ventures area, which houses our handloom businesses.
“Demonetization, a correctional GST, and the spontaneous Coronavirus lockdown saw large number of our handloom laborers quit their callings,” she composed.