Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged people to celebrate Diwali with swadeshi spirit by promoting Indian products and shunning foreign goods, asserting that such a collective resolve by 140 crore citizens would make India "mahan" (supreme).

He was addressing a public meeting near Panaji after inaugurating various development projects, including the ambitious 'Mhaje Ghar' scheme of the Goa government to give ownership rights to people.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Union minister and North Goa MP Shripad Naik and Rajya Sabha member Sadanand Shet Tanavade also attended the event. Shah said on Navaratri eve, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reduced the GST (Goods and Services Tax) on 395 products by one-third, and the move is benefiting the citizens in a big way.

"GST has been reduc

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