The Governor of Punjab and Haryana and UT Administrator, Kaptan Singh Solanki on Wednesday celebrated his 77th birthday with destitute and needy children at Shishu Grah in Sector 15 at Panchkula.His wife Rani Solanki and other family members also joined him in distributing gifts to the children. Solanki also inspected the living rooms, kitchen and play room of the children.Appreciating the arrangement and working conditions of the Bhawan, the Governor said that it was heartening to see that there was long waiting list to adopt these children.
The Governor asked the Secretary Santosh Atreja, to give homely upbringing, proper guidance to these children to make them self reliant and useful citizens of the society. He also congratulated the entire staff of the Bhawan for extending selfless service to look after these children.The Secretary of the Shishu Grah apprised the Governor that there were about 50 children. She said that proper medical care and routine health checkup is provided to the children.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended birthday wishes to Governor through his Twitter account. Also, various political leaders, officers, employees and other dignitaries greeted him and also prayed for his long life and good health at Haryana Raj Bhawan here.Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal and Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma were the first to greet Kaptan Singh Solanki on his birthday. Haryana lokayukta Justice Pritampal (Retd.) and Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu also greeted the Governor on his birthday.