The wives welfare association of Bangladesh Border Guards will for the first time participate in the three-day BSF Mela 2013 commencing here on Friday.The 12-member Bangla delegation, led by Chief Patron of Shimanto Paribar Kallyan Samiti (SHIPKS) Dilshad Nahar, will display stalls at the Mela as part of goodwill gesture, a BSF official said.
Nahar is the wife of Director General of Bangladesh Border Guards Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed. The Bangla stalls will exhibit Bangladeshi sarees, leather goods and handicrafts from that country.
Gursharan Kaur, wife of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will inaugurate the Mela on Friday and Ujwala Shinde, wife of Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will declare closing of the programme on Sunday.
The theme of the Mela this year is “BSF Mela-a Smile”. Attractions of the event include medical camps, quiz programmes, painting competition, magic and puppet show.