Paying floral tributes to Gandhi, it was senior JD (U) leader and former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who pointed out that of all the statues at the Gandhi Sangrahalaya, the latest addition was the only one that showed him laughing. All others depicted him in a pensive or serious mood.
"It seems Gandhi is laughing on today's situation. He proved that violence was a weapon of weak persons and got us Independence through his non-violent methods. But today there is much communal poison and frenzy spread in the society and people following it are succeeding," said Kumar at the function.
Taking potshots at the opposition parties without taking their names, the former Chief Minister said taking the name of Mahatma Gandhi is easy, but following the path shown by him and making the India of his dreams is difficult.
"If those who follow the path of intolerance include the name of Gandhi in the list of those who are remembered in the morning, is no tribute to the great soul. Following the policy of tolerance shown by him is the real tribute," added Kumar.
"In my opinion Gandhi could be laughing on the way corrupt people who are seen and worshiped as ideal in today's society, despite the fact that in reality they should have been thought of as lowly people. Gandhi could be laughing at the way people have forgotten that we all are children of the same God and just keep thinking about themselves," said Manjhi.