The Hindu : Kalam promises succour to Bihar farmers

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Kalam promises succour to Bihar farmers

By Our Staff Correspondent

PATNA May 31 . Envisaging the next green revolution to begin from Bihar, the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, had a tête-à-tête with farmers in Paliganj, 50 km from here.

Dr. Kalam, who had visited the village about three years ago in his capacity as the head of the Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council, conferred with farmers of not less than 200 villages in his continuing bid to build a scientific temper and bring about a socio-economic change in this blood-stained belt.

While he called upon them to inculcate modern technology of cultivation, Dr. Kalam also promised to use his good offices to secure the farmers the much-wanted market for ensuring a remunerative return for their produce. He also hoped that the State Government would take an initiative in this direction.

Earlier in the day at the Bihar School of Yoga, Munger, the only Yoga University in the world, the President recounted his encounter with an enlightened soul at a Rishikesh ashram after he failed to make it as an IAF pilot.

Dr. Kalam paid obeisance at the Kanakah Rehmani, an institution set up almost over a century ago by the renowned sufi saint, Maulana Mohammed Ali Mungeri and asserted that only through education could the country's unity be preserved.

After a visit to Bodh Gaya, the President proceeded to Takth Shri Harimandirji, the second most important shrine of the Sikhs and the birth place of Guru Govind Singh. He was presented with a saropa there.

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