Muktsar, Jan 14 (IANS) On the sacred occasion of Maghi, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann paid obeisance at Gurdwara Sri Tuti Gandi Sahib here and addressed a gathering, reiterating the government’s position on the recovery of 169 of the 328 missing ‘saroops’ (sacred copies of Sri Guru Granth Sahib). On a day deeply rooted in Sikh history and sacrifice, the Chief Minister said the recovery of the ‘saroops’ was a matter of duty rather than achievement. The Chief Minister also an…
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Chandigarh, Jan 14 (IANS) Traditionally, political rallies by all major political parties have been organised in Punjab’s Muktsar town to mark Maghi, commemorating the martyrdom of the 40 ‘Muktas’ (liberated ones) who laid down their lives while fighting against the Mughals in 1705. In a first, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a grand religious event in Muktsar on Wednesday amid the presence of the party’s central and state leadership, signalling its intent to form the government in th…