Gita Press gets Gandhi Peace Prize, Congress calls move anti-Mahatma

Monday, 19 June 2023
The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2021 has been conferred on Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Ironically, the conferment of the prize, which is named after Mahatma Gandhi, has been opposed by the Congress on the ground that the Gita Press was opposed to all that Gandhi stood for.

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