Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday paid floral tribute to Guru Ravidas on the occasion of his birth anniversary in New Delhi. 

While wishing the people of the state on the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas, he said the message of unity, humanity and brotherhood given by Guru Ravidas is still relevant today. “We should always work by following the path shown by saints and great men,” he added.

Saini said the government has started Sant-Mahapurush Samman and Vichar Prachar-Prasar Yojana in Haryana, under which an initiative has been taken to celebrate the birth anniversaries and centenaries of saints and great men at government level. In this series, birth anniversaries and centenaries of Guru Ravidas, Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Jayanti, Sant Kabirdas Jayanti, Lord Valmiki Jayanti among others have been celebrated at the state level.

Citing the verses of Guru Ravidas, the Chief Minister said the work of realizing his words was done by former CM Manohar Lal Khattar in the last 9 and a half years. During the tenure of Khattar, the benefits of government schemes reached the poorest of the poor. A memorial of Guru Ravidas ji is being built in Kurukshetra, he said.

 Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh, Krishan Pal Gurjar, Haryana Revenue and Urban Local Bodies Minister Vipul Goel, Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies Rajesh Nagar, Bhiwani MP Dharambir Singh, Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra, BJP State President Mohan Lal Badoli, former MP Sunita Duggal, former Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, former Minister JP Dalal, former MLA Satya Prakash Jarawta and other dignitaries paid floral tributes to Guru Ravidas.