Overview
- At D.A.V. College in Lucknow, the chief minister paid obeisance and was felicitated with an Angavastra and a memento during the Prakash Parv observance.
- He praised Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s message of equality, service and social harmony, calling it a guiding light for society.
- Invoking history, he said Guru Nanak labeled Babur a “Jabar” and stood for truth when faith and temples faced destruction.
- Expressing concern over reports of religious conversions in parts of Punjab and the Terai, he urged visits to affected districts and strengthening of community institutions.
- He recalled Guru Gobind Singh’s establishment of the Khalsa as a model for uniting society and concluded by extending Prakash Parv greetings, as a Nagar Kirtan later wound through central Lucknow.