Gandhinagar, March 24 : President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said that the ‘Gujarat Model’ of development is being seen as an imitable example across the country. Addressing the Gujarat Assembly on Thursday, the President also said people of Gujarat region were pioneers in envisioning an independent India. “For the past few years, the Gujarat Model of Development is being seen as an imitable example which can be implemented in any region and state of the country,” the President said. The President also said that Mahatma Gandhi not only provided leadership to India’s freedom struggle, but also showed a new path, a new thinking and a new philosophy to the whole world. He said that today whenever there is any kind of violence in the world, the importance of Bapu’s motto, ‘Ahimsa’, is realized. AO RKM