<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa paid tribute to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversary today.<br />''<br />''Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that we are celebrating bapu's birthday as Non-Violence Day today. He remembered how Gandhi used non-violence means to oust colonial rule from our country. He said, many of the Government programmes today are inspired by Gandhiji's thoughts on Sarvodaya, alleviation of poverty, welfare of the downtrodden, farmers, promotion of cottage industries and environment conservation.<br />''<br />''Speaking about Lal Bahadur Shastri, he remembered his honest and value-based leadership to the country as Prime Minister. He gave the country the slogan Jai Jawan-Jai kisan thereby underscoring our priorities. The Chief Minister said that Shastri gave a befitting reply to the aggressive Pakistan in 1965. He added that Shastri worked towards making our agriculture and food production self-sustainable.</span><br />