PATNA: Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan being greeted by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha during the closing ceremony of the ‘Unmesha-International Literature Festival’ in Patna on September 28, 2025.
Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan being greeted by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha during the closing ceremony of the ‘Unmesha-International Literature Festival’ in Patna on September 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI
Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan on Sunday (September 28, 2025) asserted that it was the concept of “dharma” that kept the country united, despite its people speaking “different languages”.
He made the remark in his address to the valedictory function of Unmesha International Literature Festival in Patna.
“One dignitary from Europe once asked me how India remains united despite having no common language. I replied that the people here may speak in different languages, but they remain united through the concept of dharma,” he said.
Mr. Radhakrishnan, who was on his first visit to the state since becoming the Vice-President, was received warmly at the airport by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha.
In his speech at the function, Mr. Radhakrishnan called Governor Khan “an old friend, since the days when both of us were members of Parliament”.
The V-P who, on his way to the venue, made a brief halt and paid floral tributes to a statue of legendary socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan, recounted his own association with the ‘Loknayak’.
“I had immersed myself, at the age of 19, in the Sampoorna Kranti movement launched by Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan. I went on to become a district general secretary of the movement for total revolution,” said Mr. Radhakrishnan, who had started off as a volunteer of the RSS in his native state of Tamil Nadu.
PTI