Chandigarh, December 31: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday greeted the people on the eve of the New Year with the promise to give them a peaceful, harmonious, secure and progressive Punjab.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister called upon the people to welcome the year 2020 with the commitment to work collectively and zealously to preserve the ethos of secularism, sovereignty, communal harmony and national integration. He also urged the people to take a pledge to make Punjab the country’s front runner state through inclusive growth, so that the fruits of development percolate to the grass roots level.
The Chief Minister wished one and all a happy and prosperous 2020, and expressed the confidence that the coming year would usher in a new era of overall development and growth for Punjab.
In his message, the Chief Minister exhorted the people across the globe to follow the teachings of the first Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, whose 550th Prakash Purb has been commemorated recently with great religious fervour. He exhorted the people to follow the path shown by the founder of Sikh faith to further cement the bonds of national unity, peace, love and religious tolerance.