Amit Shah, Kalraj Mishra unveil 17-feet tall stainless steel charkha at Connaught Place

New Delhi, May 22 (KNN) Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra and BJP president Amit Shah along with other senior BJP leaders unveiled a 17-feet tall and 25-feet long steel Charkha and inaugurated a heritage Charkha Museum at Palika Bazar Park in Connaught Place on Sunday.

The other senior leaders present at the inauguration were Mahesh Sharma, Vijay Goel and Haribhai P Choudhary.

The 2.5-tonne charkha is an initiative to link Charkha with tourism in the centenary year of Champaran satyagraha.

The charkha installed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is made of high-quality chromium nickel stainless steel and is corrosion resistant, non-magnetic and not hardenable by heat.

KVIC chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena said that the charkha, like the memorial to unknown soldiers, is memorial to the unknown rural masses, who took to the demonstrated ways of self-reliance and dignity of labour following the call of the father of the nation.

He said that the KVIC, in association with New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), has set up this heritage Charkha museum, showcasing 50 to 100 year old charkhas, gifted to the commission by their owners.

The 12-feet tall and 25-feet long spinning charkha has been made by Prayog Samiti, a KVIC unit, near Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat from high quality stainless steel donated by Steel Authority of India (SAIL).

A white marble statue of Mahatma Gandhi which was also unveiled by the BJP national president and the large steel charkha will be visible from all four sides of Baba Kharak Singh Marg at Connaught Place.