Newly appointed Governor of Punjab, Banwarilal Purohit paid obeisance on the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Wednesday.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) welcomed the Governor and honored him with Siropa and a miniature statue of Sri Darbar Sahib.
“I got here to Sri Harmandir Sahib for the primary time to pay obeisance and likewise listened to divine hymns. I’m very relieved to be right here and my heartfelt want to go to Darbar Sahib has been fulfilled.”
Later the Governor paid tribute at Jallianwala Bagh. He didn’t touch upon the controversy over the restoration of the backyard.
He later paid obeisance on the Durgiana temple, the place he was honored by the temple committee with an image of the temple.
PHSC president condemned the restoration of the gardens
Amardeep Singh Cheema, chairman of Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC) and former nationwide vice-president of Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) Sangathan (Government of India), has strongly criticized the Center for “tampering with the historical monument of Jallianwala Bagh”.
“This is in true event management style of the Modi government by holding a gaudy laser show at the place of national martyrs and turning this sacred monument on the lines of Disneyland theme parks.”
“During the liberty battle the Congress occasion made many sacrifices whereas main the nation in opposition to the barbaric British rule and later collected funds to construct a memorial. The first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the then President Babu Rajendra Prasad inaugurated the historic Jallianwala Bagh Memorial. This step of the Modi authorities is to scale back the good efforts of the Congress occasion by erasing the historic mark underneath the guise of restoration.
This is despicable. These are relentless efforts by the BJP-led NDA authorities to rewrite historical past.
“The restoration of Jallianwala Bagh is a transparent try and make folks neglect historical past. If a authorities doesn’t know respect and shield historic locations, how can it run the nation effectively? Cheema requested.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
