Information and Broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said Mahatma Gandhi's teachings are eternal and whatever he has said is immortal. Presenting 100 volumes of the collected works of Mahatma Gandhi to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan in Parliament House, Mr Naidu said there is ever increasing need for Gandhian thoughts in the country in the present situation. He said collected works of Gandhiji is a monumental work.<br/><br/>Speaking on the occasion, Ms Mahajan said all over the world Gandhiji is remembered. She said Parliamentarians should read these priceless books. Ms Mahajan also thanked the minister for presenting these books.<br/><br/>The collected works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG) published by the Publications Division, is a monumental document of Gandhiji's words as he spoke and wrote, day after day, year after year, beginning with the year 1884, till his assassination on January 30, 1948. <br/><br/>Our correspondent reports, in this series, his writings, scattered all over the world, have been collected and constructed with stringent academic discipline and with an ethical sense of loyalty.
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Mahatma Gandhi's teachings are eternal, whatever he said is immortal: Venkaiah