Prayagraj/Lucknow (UP) RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Tuesday celebrated its 76th foundation day with its leaders praising the organization for raising the voice of youth and inspiring students to serve the community. nation.

At a seminar organized in Prayagraj on this occasion, senior ABVP functionary Ashish Chauhan said, "ABVP members with the motto 'Gyan, Sheel, Ekta' have always worked in the spirit of nation first."

He said the organization represents the voice of India's youth.

“(Akhil Bharatiya) Vidyarthi Parishad has never been a part of party politics and even today, wherever any issue of interest to students arises, Vidyarthi Parishad works vigorously to resolve it.

"Today it is present in all the campuses of India... The ABVP does not work for the change of power but for the change of society," he said.

Dr Anand Shankar Singh, principal of Ishwar Sharan Degree College, who was presiding over the programme, said: "The power of students is the power of the nation; this was said by the workers of Vidhyarthi Parishad and today we see it come true."

Meanwhile, in a post on X in Hindi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hailed the ABVP on its founding day.

“Congratulations and best wishes to all the workers and students on the Foundation Day of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), an organization that constantly inspires students to serve the nation and have a sense of duty!

"With the commitment to 'gyaan' (knowledge), 'sheel' (ethical behaviour) and 'ektaa' (unity), this organisation, which inspires the student force for national reconstruction, is involved in achieving the goal of a socially developed and autonomous India, which depends on us," he said.

UP deputy chief ministers Kesha Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and state BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary also praised the ABVP.