Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai has paid tribute to the pioneer of Integral Humanism, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, on his death anniversary.
On February 11, the memorial day of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, the Chief Minister paid homage to his photograph at the Bagiya Camp office.
He said that the ideology of Integral Humanism is cultural nationalism which gives freedom to think apart from socialism and individualism.
Integral Humanism was defined as a classless, casteless and conflict free social system which is different from communism.
There should be integration of Indian culture in social, economic and political manner.
The main ideas of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay can be seen in his concept of Indianness, culture and Antyodaya. His vision of ‘education for all’ and ‘work for every hand, water for every field’ was seen to culminate in his idea of economic democracy.
Explaining his idea of economic democracy he says, “If vote for all is the measure of political democracy, then work for all is the measure of economic democracy.
He advocated swadeshi and decentralization, opposing the ideas of large-scale industry-based development, centralization and monopoly.
He further said that any system which reduces employment opportunities is undemocratic. He advocated a system free from social inequality where capital and power were decentralised.
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya’s view was to build a strong and prosperous Indian nation on the foundation of Indian culture, based on freedom, equality and justice for all (Dharmarajya), maximum well-being for all (Sarvodaya and Antyodaya) and synthesis, To base the struggle on.