Chandigarh, December 4- Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that for the last 6 years, the message of the essence of Gita for the welfare of humanity has not only been spread in Haryana but it has also reached to the every corner of the world. Many countries of the world are participating in the International Gita Mahotsav every year. Some programme of Gita Mahotsav are to be held in Australia as well. For these programmes, Geeta Manishi Gyananand Ji Maharaj and others representatives of religious organisions are making preprations for the programmes.

The Chief Minister was interacting with the media persons after offering lamps and performing aarti on the occasion of International Gita Mahotsav today.

While responding to a question raised by media persons, the Chief Minister said that for the last 3 days, Gita Mahotsav programme has been organized at the district level as well. Today 18,000 school children have recited the verses of Gita and many other people have also joined this programme online and the preparations of the programme is getting better every year. People are connecting with the essence of Gita, he added.

On the occasion of offering lamps, Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Sh. Gian Chand Gupta, MP, Sh. Naib Singh Saini, Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Smt. Kamlesh Dhanda, MLA, Sh. Subhash Sudha, Geeta Manishi Gyananand Ji Maharaj, Political Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. Krishna Kumar Bedi and other senior officers were also present.