Hardeep Puri, JP Nadda receive Sri Guru Granth Sahib brought from Afghanistan

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and BJP chief JP Nadda received Sri Guru Granth Sahib brought by a Sikh delegation from Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday afternoon. "Deeply blessed to join President JP Nadda, Adesh Gupta & others in paying obeisance to the two holy Saroops of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji on their arrival from Kabul with members of the Sikh Sangat & Hindu community," Union Minister Puri said in a tweet on Friday.

ਬਾਣੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਬਾਣੀ । ਵਿਚਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਾਰੇ ।। आज दिल्ली हवाई अड्डे पर अध्यक्ष श्री @JPNadda जी, श्री @adeshguptabjp जी एवं अन्य सदस्यों के साथ अफ़ग़ानिस्तान से आये श्री गुरु ग्रंथ साहिब जी के दो पवित्र सरूपों की सेवा करने का सौभाग्य प्राप्त हुआ | pic.twitter.com/eChRQDRHT5 — Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) December 10, 2021

The delegation has brought three 'saroops' of Sri Guru Granth Sahib to New Delhi in a special repatriation flight. The flight from Kabul with over 100 persons, including Afghan citizens belonging to the Hindu and Sikh communities, arrived in New Delhi. Also read | Farmers call off 15-month-long protest, to start vacating Delhi borders The flight was operated under Operation Devi Shakti and bought 10 Indians and 94 Afghans, including members of the Afghan Hindu-Sikh minority community.

आज काबुल से दिल्ली आए श्री गुरु ग्रंथ साहिब जी, श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता और श्री रामचरितमानस के पवित्र स्वरूपों को पाकर धन्य महसूस कर रहा हूँ।

आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के नेतृत्व में भारत सरकार हमारे धार्मिक, सांस्कृतिक व सामाजिक संरक्षण के लिए पूर्णतः प्रतिबद्ध है। pic.twitter.com/15buKp0qd1 — Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) December 10, 2021

"Under Operation Devi Shakti, a special Kam Air flight arranged by India has arrived in New Delhi from Kabul," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a tweet. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Twitter[/caption] "It has brought 10 Indians and 94 Afghans, including members of the Afghan Hindu-Sikh minority community. Among the evacuees are 9 children, including 3 infants," Bagchi added in the tweet. Also read | CDS General Bipin Rawat laid to rest with full military honours, 17-gun salute Sri Guru Granth Sahib is expected to be moved to Gurdwara Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Mahavir Nagar, and Hindu religious scriptures will proceed towards Asamai Mandir in Faridabad. India has evacuated over 565 stranded persons from Afghanistan since August when Kabul fell to the Taliban fighters, the government stated last week in the Lok Sabha. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1280"] Twitter[/caption] Answering a question from Congress MP Hibi Eden, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said officials of the Ministry of External Affairs were in contact with the Indians left behind. The statement, however, did not elaborate whether the airlifted individuals also included some Afghans. -PTC News