CHADER FOR CHISTI FROM SONIA GANDHI

Congress president, Smt. Sonia Gandhi handing over the ‘Chader’, to be offered at Ajmer on the grave of Moinuddin Chisti, at her residence in New Delhi to Shri Parvez Hashmi, Shri Anis Durrani, Smt Mohsina Kidwai, Shri Ahmed Patel, Ms. Rehana Khan, Shri P.M. Sayeed and Shri Waseem Ahmed

AJMER: On behalf of the Congress president, Smt. Sonia Gandhi a ‘Chader’ was offered on the grave of Sufi Saint Khawaja Moiunuddin Hassan Chisty at his shrine in Ajmer on 23 August on his annual Urs here.

Shri Anis Durrani, Shri Eduardo Faliero and Ms. Rehana Khan, who got the ‘Chader’ made at Hyderabad, escorted the ‘Chader’ to Ajmer.

The ‘Chader’ was offered by AICC general secretaries Shri Salman Khursheed and Shri Mukul Wasnik, Union Telecom Minister, Shri Shakeel Ahmed, Rajasthan PCC president, Shri Narayan Singh, Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha, Dr. B.D. Kalla, Ajmer District Congress president, Shri Ramchandra Chaudhary and other Congress workers.

The delegates offered floral tributes and prayed to the Saint for communal harmony in the country so that people live in a cordial atmosphere with brotherly love.

Jinabhai Darji’s Death Condoled

The Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, on 31 August condoled the passing away of veteran Congress leader Shri Jinabhai Darji. He worked tirelessly for the upliftment of the poor and the downtrodden.

Shri Jinabhai Darji was also instrumental in implementing Indira Gandhi’s mass campaign movement in 1977. His demise is a great loss to the party and the void created would be difficult to be filled, according to AICC secretary, Shri Tom Vadakkan.