Ahead of the Assembly polls, Punjab Government is ready with another memorial which is expected to reap rich political dividends for the ruling party, particularly amongst the Dalit community.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday convened a high level meeting of the senior leaders of the SAD-BJP, Cabinet Ministers and MlAs besides the senior officers of the State Government to finalise the arrangements of dedicating state-of-the-art temple cum panorama complex with full religious sanctity during a state level function to be held at Valmiki Tirath Sthal (Ram Tirath), Amritsar on December 1.
Badal exhorted the leaders of SAD-BJP and the top brass of the Government to get huge participation of the people from different walks of life on the event. The Chief Minister deputed his Special Principal Secretary KJS Cheema to overall supervise the arrangements and logistics of this mega function.
He called upon the people to commemorate this mega event collectively with great enthusiasm thereby rising above the parochial considerations of caste, colour, creed and religion in order to demonstrate the ethos of secularism and religious tolerance. Badal asked the members of Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal Board to ensure the participation of the heads of all religious sects besides the eminent spiritual leaders of the country.
Badal said that special arrangements must be put in place for comfortable journey of people reaching at the venue of the function and also directed the police administration to ensure smooth and hassle-free movement of vehicular traffic in order to avert any sort of traffic jams. He also instructed the district administration Amritsar to make elaborate arrangement for the parking lot to accommodate maximum number of vehicles especially buses carrying pilgrims to the place of function.
The Chief Minister said that the state of art historical monument cum Temple with inbuilt Museum and Panorama at Valmiki Ashram (Ram Tirath) near Amritsar would be a humble tribute by the State Government to Bhagwan Valmiki, who had preached the message of equality and universal brotherhood on this sacred land.
He said that this project, which has come up at a cost of `200 crore, would be instrumental in perpetuating the rich legacy of Bhagwan Valmiki besides showcasing the teachings, life and philosophy of this great Guru. He said that the world class design of this temple cum museum has been conceived and prepared by the architects of Guru Nanak Dev University while keeping in mind the religious sanctity of this historic place.