Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Friday said that the State Government would soon bring an ordinance to accord statutory status to the Kurukshetra Development Board (KDB) so as to enable the Board to work independently and make International Gita Mahotsav, a regular feature.
Apart from this, a ‘Sathayi Ayojna Samiti’ under the chairmanship of Gita Manishi Swami Gyananand Maharaj would also be constituted for this purpose, said Manohar Lal while talking to the mediapersons in New Delhi.
On being asked whether the State Government would declare Kurukshetra as a heritage city, he said that the State Government has already declared Thanesar as holy city.
In reply to another question, he said that an exhibition on 'Srimad Bhagavad Gita' has been organized at Red Fort so that maximum people could visit the same. The Red Fort has a huge footfall of visitors from other parts of the country as well as from abroad and organizing exhibition at such a place would provide an extended opportunity to such visitors to know more about relevance of 'Srimad Bhagavad Gita', the Chief Minister said.
Asked about the steps taken for the promotion of 'Srimad Bhagavad Gita' in the state, the Chief Minister said that the present State Government has given international shape to the Gita Mahotsav.
First time, Gita Mahotsav will be organized in Mauritius in the month of February 2019. Apart from this, similar programme is under consideration in United Kingdom, he said.
Manohar Lal also said that a programme on Gita would be organized in House of Commons in United Kingdom and Vancouver in Canada on December 12.
Responding to another question, he said that a coffee table book on religious places falling under 48 Kos of Kurukshetra would be released during the International Gita Mahotsav.
He said that apart from district and block level, the Mahotsav would be organized on 20 religious places out of the total 134 such places falling under 48 kos area.
When asked to comment on the inclusion of Gita in school curriculum, the Chief Minister said that Gita Shalokas are included in the school curriculum.