Captain Amarinder invites Nitish Kumar for Hola Mohalla celebration in 2018
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in an invitation asked his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar to be a part of the state-level Hola Mohalla celebrations to mark the beginning of the Sikh New Year in 2018.
During a visit to Takht Sri Patna Sahib, Captain Amarinder called Nitish to pay his respects on the occasion of the 350th birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh Guru. Along with which he made gave the invitation.
Captain Amarinder during a “courtesy call” informed the Bihar Chief Minister that he had decided to send a team from Panjabi University, Patiala to the Dashmesh Pita’s birthplace in Patna for research.
Captain also congratulated Nitish on the excellent arrangements made for the lakhs of devotees, converging at Sri Patna Sahib from around the world. He had personally seen the arrangements, which he said were extremely impressive.
Besides organising a series of special programmes, culminating in a mega event at Sri Anandpur Sahib on December 24, the Punjab government has also arranged for three special trains to ferry pilgrims from Patiala, Amritsar and Bathinda to Patna, he said, adding that the trains were flagged off this morning and would leave on the return journey to Punjab on December 26.
The Bihar Chief Minister had hosted Captain Amarinder for lunch at his residence when, as Punjab Congress president, the latter had visited Sri Patna Sahib in January this year.
-PTC News
