Hisar: 76th Republic Day is being celebrated in the entire state of Haryana today on Sunday (26 January). CM Nayab Saini hoisted the tricolor for the first time as Chief Minister in Rewari. After this, the CM said that it is a matter of pride for all of us that Haryana played an important role in the freedom movement. The spark of independence was ignited from Ambala itself. In view of this contribution, the Haryana government has increased the pension of freedom fighters to Rs 40 thousand per month.
Apart from this, the amount given to the martyrs has been doubled to 1 crore. We have decided to give 10% reservation to Agniveers in direct recruitment. The CM said that twenty-four crops are being purchased at MSP for the farmers in the state. So far, more than one lakh crore has been sent to the accounts of the farmers. Apart from this, 2 lakh government jobs will be given in the third term of the BJP government.
At the same time, in Jind, during the program of Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda, the officials forgot to switch on the mike. The mike remained off for about 5 to 7 seconds. When the minister’s face showed displeasure, the officials immediately got the mike switched on. Here, the Education Minister announced a holiday in all schools tomorrow (January 27).
Governor Bandaru Dattatreya hoisted the tricolor in Faridabad. Apart from these, Minister Shruti Chaudhary hoisted the tricolor in Bhiwani, Arvind Sharma in Charkhi Dadri, Rao Narbir Singh in Gurugram, Gaurav Gautam in Hisar, Rajesh Nagar in Jhajjar, Mahipal Dhanda in Jind, Shyam Singh Rana in Karnal, Minister Aarti Rao in Nuh, Vipul Goyal in Palwal, Speaker Harvinder Kalyan in Panipat, Krishna Lal Panwar in Rohtak, Minister Krishna Bedi in Sirsa, Deputy Speaker Krishna Lal Middha in Sonipat and Ranbir Gangwa in Yamunanagar.
MP Rekha Sharma in Ambala, MP Ramchandra Jangra in Fatehabad, MP Naveen Jindal in Kurukshetra, MP Dharambir in Mahendragarh, MP Kiran Chaudhary in Kaithal hoisted the tricolour. MLA Shakti Rani Sharma hoisted the tricolour in Panchkula.
On the occasion of Republic Day, the state’s Olympian Harvinder Singh and litterateur Dr. Santram Deswal are being awarded the Padma Shri. CID Chief Saurabh Singh is being awarded the President’s Police Medal for distinguished services.