"I salute our nation, freedom fighters, countrymen, jawans, kisans, brothers and sisters and all our Maa, Maati, Manush," she said.
Quoting Swami Vivekananda, she said in a Facebook post "Practical patriotism means not a mere sentiment or even an emotion or love of the motherland, but a passion to serve our fellow countrymen."
She said that her party would celebrate the country's independence through programmes at midnight in various places of the state.