AJMER: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday offered chadar on behalf of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at the Ajmer dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti on the occasion of the 809th Urs of the Sufi saint.
After offering the chadar, Gehlot read out the signed message of Sonia Gandhi in which she said that like every year she got the opportunity to offer chadar on the occasion of 809 Urs. “This chadar is the symbol of Ganga-Jamuna culture of the country and also a sign of brotherhood and harmony of the country. This chadar is the sign of our country of unity in diversity and it is our duty to safeguard the beauty of this country. The tradition of such offering the chadar of love and brotherhood is continued from long centuries.”
The message said that at present the country is going through a difficult time. On one hand there is Corona. Besides, there are some forces working in the country and making efforts to disturb peace, harmony and brotherhood. At present people of this country as well as farmers are fighting for their rights because these forces are trying to make the democracy weak in the country, the message read.
The message said that therefore everyone should offer prayer to maintain brotherhood, prosperity and peace and to fight against such conspiracy of such forces that are working against. Like hands of everyone came up for prayers and she is confident that the prayers will be accepted in the darbar of Khwaja, it read.
Chief minister Gehlot was accompanied by PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra and president of congress minority wing Nadeem Javed. He reached Kishangarh airport and from there he went straight to dargah and offered chadar.
Khadim of Gandhi family Sayed Gani Gurdeji told media that the chadar is hand work from Hyderabad in multi-colour and Kalma is written in Urdu.
There was heavy security when Gehlot came to dargah region and entry of devotees was stopped but Congress workers and media went inside for which they have to struggle with the local police.
Before this, chadar of governor Kalraj Mishra was offered on Thursday by his secretary Subir Kumar and Harshwardhan Agarwal and read the message of prosperity and harmony. There were thousands of chadars offered on Thursday by devotees coming from different parts of the country.