The Pilgrims' March/Lala Shankarlal
DELHI ARRESTS.
Text of Massages
Lala Shankarlal's:
My message to my fellow countrymen and young workers is that I desire to do away with the calamities that have bound India with chains of slavery. Young men ought to enlist as volunteers in their hundreds and follow me. Our Lord Srikrishna who came into the world for our salvation, was born in jail. I assure you, prisons will burst before they accommodate thirty-two crores of persons. Our revered leaders Lala Lapat Rai, Pandit Motilal Nehru and some of our dear mothers and sisters have led the way. Young workers, will you remain complacent onlookers? I am going to jail now and my desire is that at least 1,000 volunteers should step into my shoes. This will thoroughly satisfy me and will convince me that the national work in Delhi has borne the desired fruit. I have one more request to make and this is that you should for everything that is dear to you, give up the use of bideshi cloth and take to charka and khaddar. I finish this humble message of mine in the firm belief that on 1st of January 1922, the sun will dawn on Swaraj of India.
The message of Lala Hanwant Sahai:—“Beloved patriots, while going to jail, my Prarthana is that you should use Khaddar. This is the key to Swaraj. My next wish is that Acheet should disappear altogether from our midst without the least delay. I shall ask you my dear young workers, to prove your love of country and God by joining the ranks of volunteers fearlessly. I hope you will not lag behind those mothers and sisters of ours, who have shown us the way to Swaraj.”