Gurugram, November 10
Out to woo Purvanchalis in the state, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced Chhat Puja to be a restricted holiday from next year.
Khattar was in the city today and participated in the puja celebrations at Sector10-A. He also announced the construction of a permanent ghat for puja in the city.
Find a place with water source and we will make a dedicated ghat for this pooja there, he said.
Claiming that people from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Purvanchal who migrated to city were part of Haryanavi population, he announced that the state government was providing domicile to all those who had been living in the state for at least five years now. — TNS
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