This is an archive article published on January 4, 2025

Rijiju offers PM’s chadar at Ajmer, Kharge sends one too

The Congress chief said while drafting the Constitution, our ancestors had kept the spirit of national unity at the centre, which it is the duty of every Indian to protect.

Kharge, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ajmer SharifKharge said the roots of national unity and brotherhood are so deep that they cannot be shaken by a few people with distorted mindset. (Image: X)
2 min readNew DelhiJan 5, 2025 01:37 AM IST First published on: Jan 4, 2025 at 06:51 PM IST

Calling it a “message of India’s unity and brotherhood”, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday sent a ‘chadar’ on his and the party’s behalf to Ajmer Dargah, where the six-day Urs of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti began on January 2.

Meanwhile, Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju arrived in Ajmer and offered a ceremonial ‘chadar’ sent by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the dargah. He also read out the Prime Minister’s message calling on people from across religions to work together in harmony.

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Rijiju also launched a web portal of the dargah, the ‘Garib Nawaz’ app for pilgrims and an operations manual, which is a comprehensive guide designed to ensure the effective conduct of the Urs, with detailed protocols for crowd management, security, healthcare, and sustainability.

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