Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday offered prayers during the Chhath Puja programme organised in Gurugram. He announced a restricted holiday inHaryana from next year on Chhath Puja.
Addressing the devotees, Khattar also announced the construction of a ghat to offer prayers.
The Chief Minister said that the festival highlights unity in diversity of our country.
Our country with a population of about 130 crore, despite different castes, religions, communities, are all one. The spirit of this unity is visible in our festivals, he said. He said that a large number of people from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Purvanchal along with local people have participated in the Chhath Puja programme on Wednesday.
In 2014, when the BJP Government was formed in the State for the first time, we had given the slogan ‘Haryana Ek Haryanavi Ek’. I don’t see any difference between you and Haryanvis, he added. The State Government makes domiciles of people who are living in Haryana, from any part of the country, and are working or running their business, and the people who have lived here for five years or more are also given domiciles, he said.
While interacting with the people of the Purvanchal community, the Chief Minister said that if they have any problem then they can share the same with local MLA or party officials and their problem will be resolved at the earliest.
Sujit Camry, state convener of Purvanchal Cell said that ghats have been built at 50 places for Chhath Puja in Gurugram and programmes of Chhath Puja have been organized by making such ghats in 53 assembly constituencies in the state.