Lucknow: Bharatiya Manavadhikar Parivar (Uttar Pradesh) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), New Delhi, jointly organised a one-day Human Rights Awareness and Training Programme, along with the organisation’s Silver Jubilee celebration. The event aimed to promote the protection of human rights and to make people from all sections of society more aware of them.
Guests
Justice Dr. Vidyut Ranjan Sarangi was the Chief Guest. Other guests included Girish Kumar Awasthi, National President of Bharatiya Manavadhikar Parivar; Dr. Dharmendra Singh, Director, SMS; Engineer Avnish Kumar Singh, MLC; and social worker Ajay Tripathi (Munna Ji).
Chief Guest’s Address
Justice Sarangi spoke about why human rights matter and why every person’s rights and dignity must be protected. He stressed that citizens need to know their rights, and he thanked the guests, office-bearers, members and workers for their contributions. His words encouraged everyone present to think about their own responsibility in upholding human rights.
Girish Kumar Awasthi spoke about the organisation’s goals and its awareness campaign, and about the need to carry this information to the last person in society. Other guests agreed that stronger human rights protection, social justice, equality and public awareness will take collective effort.
Key Themes
Discussions covered human rights, citizens’ rights, social justice, equality, human dignity and protecting the rights of disadvantaged and needy people. Speakers said that protecting human rights is not the job of any one institution alone. It is a moral and social duty that every citizen shares.
Organisers and Office-Bearers
Office-bearers at the national, state, divisional and district levels, along with members of the Youth Wing and everyone involved in arranging the event, played a big part in its success.
- National: Nilesh Sinha (General Secretary), Sunil Kumar Agrawal (Joint Secretary), Irfan Ullah Khan (Spokesperson), Zia Ullah Siddiqui (Secretary)
- State: Dileep Singh (General Secretary), Manoj Kumar Pandey (Coordinator)
- Youth Wing: Sachin Chaturvedi (State President), Shyam Ji Kumar and Vinay Kumar Verma (State Vice-Presidents), Deepak Umrao (State General Secretary), Sarveen Syed (District President)
- Divisional: Gyanendra Kumar Pandey (Divisional Vice-President, Lucknow)
- District: Kapil Mishra (District President, Lucknow), Alok Agrawal (District Joint Secretary)
- Office: Mona (Office In-Charge), Pramod (Assistant Office In-Charge)
- Media: Sanjay Maurya (District Crime Reporter)
Each of them handled their share of the planning, coordination and arrangements, and the programme concluded smoothly thanks to everyone’s effort.
Bharatiya Manavadhikar Parivar said it will keep working to spread awareness of human rights, help victims and those in need, and strengthen justice, equality and dignity in society. It plans to continue holding awareness and training programmes for public welfare.
The programme ended with thanks to all the guests, organisers, coordinators, office-bearers, members and workers, whose cooperation and participation made the day a success.
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