Punjab Congress on Thursday asked the BJP led Central Government to celebrate Guru Nanak Dev's 550th birth anniversary at the national level, while demanding to develop the historical sites, associated with the life of Sikhs’ first master.
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president and Gurdaspur MP Sunil Jakhar demanded that efforts should be made by the Centre to celebrate 550th birth anniversary at the national and international level.
Jakhar, staging a protest against the Narendra Modi government outside the Parliament aling with other Congress MPs from the state —Chaudhary Santokh Chaudhary, Gurjeet Singh Aujla and Ravneet Singh Bittu, said that the Central Government has not kept any proposal for it in its interim budget to celebrate this historic year at the national level.
“The Government did not release a single penny so far while grant should be released immediately for this cause,” he said while adding that he Centre should make efforts for the development of infrastructure of the sites related to the life of Guru Nanak Dev and to celebrate the birth anniversary at the national level.