Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Thursday became the first Chief Minister to have deposited with the Toshakhana as many as 45 items gifted to him at different public functions since he assumed the office of the Chief Minister in October 2014. A Toshakhana has been set up in New Guest House at Haryana Raj Bhawan here for keeping such gifts.
Though the instructions say that the recipient should deposit any gift item costing Rs 5,000 upwards gifted to him while in office with the Toshakhana, Manohar lal is perhaps the first Chief Minister of Haryana to deposit all kinds of items gifted to him. These include several Krishna Raths in silver and idols made of silver and brass, said a spokesperson of State Government on Thursday.
The gift items deposited by him include four silver Krishna Raths; Krishna Rath with two horses with silver frame; brass Krishna idol with cow; Brass Ganesha with frame; Brass multi-coloured Hanuman idol; Brass cow with calf; Radha Krishana scenery with gold leaf; Krishana Rath in wooden and glass frame; Krishna Rath with silver frame; four Hanuman Gadas in brass and a silver sword, he said.
The spokesperson said that the philanthropist in Chief Minister who believes in simple living and high thinking, had made him donate last December one acre out of his ancestral three acres of land to the Panchnad Memorial Trust in Panipat.
The Chief Minister celebrated his 62nd birthday on Thursday in a simple way by sharing a mid-day meal with students of a Government school in Panchkula district and visiting a Government hospital.