PM Modi releases commemorative ₹100 coin through a virtual ceremony

PM Narendra Modi has announced to release commemorative coin of ₹100 in honour of Vijaya Raje Scindia today through a virtual ceremony. The coin has been released today at 11 AM. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, "Tomorrow, 12th October is the Jayanti of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia. On this special day, commemorative coin of  ₹100 would be released at 11 AM. This is a part of her birth centenary celebrations and is yet another occasion to pay tributes to her great personality." 

Speaking at a virtual ceremony held to release the coin, Modi said“Rajmata Scindia dedicated her life to poor people. She proved that for people's representatives not 'Raj Satta' but 'Jan Seva' is important. Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindiaji was a witness to every important phase of Indian politics from the independence movement to the decades after independence. Prior to independence, Rajmata's experiences have expanded widely, from burning Holi of foreign clothes, to the Emergency and the Ram Temple movement.”

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The Prime Minister also said that Vijaya Raje Scindia had turned down many posts with humility.

"There have been many occasions when posts have come up to her. But she turned them down with humility. Once Atalji and Advaniji had urged her to become the president of the Jana Sangh. But she accepted to serve the Jana Sangh as an activist," he further said.

Vijaya Raje Scindia is popularly known as the Rajmata of Gwalior. Family members of Scindia along with other dignitaries joined the ceremony from different locations all over the country through a virtual platform.

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