A week ahead the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend Sri Anandpur Sahib’s 350th foundation day on June 19, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday held a series of meetings with senior leaders of SAD-BJP including cabinet ministers, chief parliamentary secretaries, MlAs besides the officers of the state government to finalise the arrangements for the celebrations.
Badal exhorted the leaders of the SAD-BJP and the top brass of the Government to elicit huge participation of the people from different walks of life on this historic event, said a spokesperson of the Chief Minister Office.
He said that elaborate arrangements have been made to elicit the participation of over one lakh devotees from across the State, which would be ferried at the historic place in a fleet over 3,000 buses.
Chief Minister, during the meeting, said that this year, June 19 marks the completion of 350 years of coming of this holy town in existence so the state government was commemorating this gala event from June 17-19 with all its humility and enthusiasm to pay glorious tributes to the great legacy of this historic town in a befitting manner.
This was a special event for the Punjabis as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of other states and other dignitaries would take part in this function on June 19, he said.
likewise, the Chief Minister said that in line with the ideology of Sikhism regarding secularism and unity in diversity, the leaders of all religions have also been invited in this mega event.