Chandigarh, August 15 – Marking the 79th Independence Day, an ‘At Home’ programme was organised on Friday at Haryana Raj Bhavan. On the occasion, Haryana Governor, Prof. Ashim Kumar Ghosh and Chief Minister, Sh. Nayab Singh Saini extended greetings to the people of the state. The Governor’s wife, Smt. Mitra Ghosh, and the Chief Minister’s wife, Smt. Suman Saini, were also present.
The event, held in the Raj Bhavan auditorium, featured patriotic songs and commenced and concluded with the National Song.
Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Harvinder Kalyan, Development and Panchayats Minister, Sh. Krishan Lal Panwar, Education Minister, Sh. Mahipal Dhanda, Co-operation Minister, Dr. Arvind Sharma, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Sh. Shyam Singh Rana and Rajya Sabha MP, Smt. Rekha Sharma and MLA, Sh. Jagmohan Anand were also present.
Chief Secretary, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Sh. Sudhir Rajpal, Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Jails, Criminal Investigation and Administration of Justice Departments, Dr. Sumita Misra, Additional Chief Secretary, Fisheries Department, Sh. Raja Sekhar Vundru, Additional Chief Secretary, Social Justice, Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes and Antyodaya (SEWA) Department, Dr. G. Anupama, Additional Chief Secretary, Town & Country Planning and Urban Estates Department, Sh. A.K. Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Cooperation Department, Sh. Vijayendra Kumar, Director General of Police, Sh. Shatrujeet Kapur, Commissioner and Secretary, Information, Public Relations, Languages and Culture Department, Dr. Amit Agrawal, Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Dr. Saket Kumar, Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Sh. K. M Pandurang, Secretary to the Governor, Sh. Dusmanta Kumar Behera; and other senior administrative officers and dignitaries also remained present.
