There is need to introspect how much have we been able to protect unity in diversity that was the message of the freedom struggle and implement the ideas of social and financial quality put forth by the Constitution in the 75 years since Independence, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
He was inaugurating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples celebrations organised by the Scheduled Tribe Development Department here on Tuesday. Now was an opportune time to examine how much the lives of indigenous peoples had improved in independent India, he said.