Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday held a series of meeting here with the senior SAD-BJP leaders, including Cabinet Ministers, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries and other MLAs to finalise the arrangements for the celebrations of 350th Foundation Day of Sri Anandpur Sahib.
An official spokesperson said that Mr. Badal urged the leaders and the top brass of the government to elicit huge participation of the people on this historic event. He said that elaborate arrangements have been made for 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.
The 350th Foundation Day of Sri Anandpur Sahib would be commemorated as a mega event during June 17-19. He said that this mega event was being organised on the completion of 350 years of Sri Anandpur Sahib. Mr. Badal said the holy city of Sri Anandpur Sahib was founded by the Ninth Guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur in 1665, who sacrificed his life to uphold human dignity and human rights. - PTI
