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New Delhi : Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism (Independent Charge) Prahlad Singh Patel will lead the Padyatra (Freedom March) from Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, on March 12, 2021, on the beginning of glorious ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ (India@75).The padyatra will be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Patel will lead the first 75 km of Padyatra with 81 social workers from different states till March 16, 2021, till it reaches Nadiad, Gujarat. It was on March 12, 1930, that Gandhiji began the Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram against the Salt Laws along with 81 padyatris., according to a PIB release
During the Padyatra, the Culture Minister will stay overnight with the Padyatris at the place of night halt and the Padyatra will start from the same place the next day. Patel will meet and interact with the local people at the place of night stay. Starting from Sabarmati on March 12, this march will continue till it reaches Nadiad on March 16. Similarly, a group of 81 youths from Gujarat will also start a padyatra from Sabarmati on March 12 and these padyatris will go up to to Dandi.
