A day after victory, Badals pray at Golden Temple
A day after creating history in Punjab by winning a second consecutive term in the assembly elections, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his family offered prayers at the Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple.
Mar 07, 2012 19:36 IST
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A day after creating history in Punjab by winning a second consecutive term in the assembly elections, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his family offered prayers at the Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple.
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The chief minister was accompanied by his son and Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is also the Punjab deputy chief minister, and his daughter-in-law and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Badal.
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Gurbachan Singh, head priest of Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, presents a saroopa (religious cloth) to Mr Badal.
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The family also visited the Jallianwala Bagh and Durgiana Temple before meeting party leaders.
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he Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance has won 68 seats in the 117-member assembly. It is for the first time in over four decades that an incumbent government will rule the state for a consecutive term.
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