Making grand plans to celebrate the golden jubilee year of Haryana, which would began on November 1, the Manohar lal Khattar-led State Government has convened an all party meeting on July 30 to held discussions on various programmes to be conducted in the State for the special occasion.
The State Government has planned to hold golden jubilee (Swaran Jayanti) celebrations from November 1 to October 31 in Haryana.
Chief Minister Manohar lal would chair the meeting on Saturday and would invite suggestions from the opposition parties for organising various programmes for the celebrations.
The meeting would be held ahead of the Monsoon Session convened on August 19 which would also witnessed discussions on golden jubilee celebrations of the State.
Earlier, an all party meeting was convened by the State Government in February following the escalated Jat reservation agitation and on March 12, on the issue of Jat reservation and Satluj-Yamuna link (SYl) canal.
To celebrate the 50 years of Haryana's creation, the BJP led State Government has planned to announce 50 big projects. The State Government has also planned to organize a huge rally on November 1, which is likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Haryana State was formed on 1 November 1966. The State was carved out of the former State of East Punjab on a linguistic basis.
“An all party meeting has been convened as the Chief Minister wants to involve all the political parties in the grand celebrations. Since the Congress and INlD Governments have ruled the State in the past many years, the Chief Minister has decided to invite suggestions from senior leaders of all the parties to celebrate the special occasion,” said a senior official of the State Government.
The official said all the Government Departments had also been asked to chalk out schemes for the special year.
The State Government has already announced to convene a special two-day session of Haryana Assembly in November to discuss the golden jubilee year. The Government has planned to invite all those who had become Members of Parliament and MlAs after 1966 in the special golden jubilee session of Vidhan Sabha.
Besides, under its big plans for celebrations, the State Government has decided to set up golden jubilee pillars and plaques in villages and names of freedom fighters, martyrs, sports persons, educationists and other dignitaries of the village would be inscribed on them.
Also, golden jubilee gates would be erected in districts of the State bordering neighbouring States. All Government buildings would be illuminated on November 1.
Apart from this, exhibitions, cultural functions like Haryanavi folk programme or Kavi Sammelan would be organised in various districts. The Gita Jayanti Samaroh to be held in December in Kurukshetra would be celebrated at an international level as a part of golden jubilee festival. The Department of Sports and Youth Affairs has been appointed as the nodal Department for the 'Swaran Jayanti 'celebration