Cabinet Ministers Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Sukhbinder Sarkaria pays obeisance at Gurudwara Muktsar Sahib

Cabinet Ministers Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Sukhbinder Sarkaria pays obeisance at Gurudwara Muktsar Sahib

Rural Development Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Revenue Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria on Monday paid obeisance at Gurudwara Muktsar Sahib on the occasion of Maghi. Gidderbaha MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring also accompanied the ministers at Gurudwara Muktsar  Sahib.

Cabinet Ministers Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Sukhbinder Sarkaria pays obeisance at Gurudwara Muktsar Sahib

The Maghi Mela has religious significance for the Sikhs and is one of the major fairs . The Maghi fair is held to honour the memory of the forty Sikh warriors who laid their lives during the Battle of Muktsar in 1705. Muktsar was originally called as Khidrana. It was named as Muktsar, following the battle.

Cabinet Ministers Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Sukhbinder Sarkaria pays obeisance at Gurudwara Muktsar Sahib

Every year on the occasion of Maghi Mela, parties hold their political conferences. However, this year Indian National Congress (INC) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has refrained themselves from holding their political conferences.