Chandigarh,
April 12: Punjab BJP Leader Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal today
felicitates the people of the Punjab on the eve of Baisakhi. In his
message Grewal said that this festival has a great significance for
the farmers of Punjab as this day traditionally marks the beginning
of harvest of Rabi crops, on a joyous note. Grewal said that this
harvest festival is an occasion of thanksgiving to farmers and to
acknowledge Punjabi farmers' contribution in making India
self-sufficient on the front of food security in the country. Grewal
further said that this festival has also a great religious
significance for Sikhs as on this day in the year 1699 at Sri
Anandpur Sahib, Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji established Khalsa Panth,
a body of people dedicated to the principles of truth, justice, and
equality, the basic principles of Sikh Religious faith. Grewal
exhorted the people to celebrate Baisakhi festival collectively all
over the world.
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