Badal urges Centre for remembering Satguru Ram Singh Ji

Chandigarh, Sept 1 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Central Government to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the call for national independence movement by Satguru Ram Singh Ji in 1857 on 'national level' as this event was a watershed in the history of Indian freedom struggle.

Presiding over the meeting for the state level celebrations of 150th anniversary of the call for national independence movement by Satguru Ram Singh Ji in 1857, Mr Badal said that an integrated development plan would be envisaged for all the villages, towns and cities related with the heroes of the freedom struggle.

Mr Badal assured Kuka Memorial Trust President Surinder Singh Namdhari that he would personally pursue the proposals for commemoration of this mega event with various Central as well as State Ministries.

The Chief Minister appealed to all the social and voluntary organisations to propagate the message of Satguru Ram Singh Ji for the eradication of social evils from the society.

Mr Badal also directed the Vice Chancellors of the Universities in the State and Chairman Punjab School Education Board, Languages Department and Education Department to organise seminars/conferences on the contribution of Namdhari Sikhs in freedom Struggle and in the promotion of Punjabi language and culture.

He however asked the Namdhari sect not to confine Satguru Ram Singh's contribution towards national freedom struggle to a particular sect or a religion because it was an event of wide spectrum with credentials of secularism and nationalism.

UNI