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Capt govt offers to hold main 550th Prakash Purb events at Sultanpur Lodhi under Akal Takht patronage

Chandigarh, Oct 15(UNI) Taking a major initiative to break the deadlock over the main events to celebrate the 550th Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, the Captain Amarinder Singh led government on Tuesday offered to hold the Sultanpur Lodhi functions on Niv 11/12 under the patronage of the Akal Takht, with the support of the SGPC.
The Chief Minister spoke to the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Harpreet Singh, on phone while his cabinet colleagues Charanjit Singh Channi and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa met him to convey the state government’s proposal.
The ministers later said that they had, on behalf of the Chief Minister, urged the Jathedar to direct the Sikh Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) to support the official events and not waste Rs 12-15 crore of the Sangat’s money on setting up a separate stage, especially when the state government had already developed the necessary infrastructure for the key programmes.
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