Overview

• Bagde spent the night in Baroda village’s traditional night chaupal and watched students perform the Gavari dance to engage the Bhil community.
• He celebrated his 80th birthday by planting saplings and cutting cake with Eklavya Model Residential School children to underscore community bonds.
• The governor urged parents not to marry off their children before higher education is completed, citing the Rajasthani proverb “Put Sikhave Palne.”
• Framing education as the sole path to upliftment, he encouraged enrolment in government residential schools and hostels for tribal and disadvantaged children.
• Bagde directed officials to ensure effective implementation of welfare schemes and called for better marketing of tribal products among eligible beneficiaries.