By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 26th April:- World Punjabi Organisation (WPO), Chandigarh Chapter
is celebrating Baisakhi with performance by folk singer Jasbir Jassi and
cultural programme depicting Punjabi culture and heritage and honouring
prominent Punjabis, who have done proud for humanity.
Speaking on the occasion, Padma Shri Vikramjit
Singh Sahney, International President of WPO announced that WPO will be opening
Skill Centres in Punjab for economically weak youth of Punjab where they will
get free skill training in different streams and will help them in getting jobs
through industrial members of WPO. WPO and Sun Foundation, headed by Vikramjit
Singh Sahney, is already running drug rehabilitation centres in Amritsar,
TaranTaran and Jalandhar and are providing skills to these youth.
Vikramjit Singh Sahney also announced that forthcoming
Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s 550th birth anniversary will be celebrated by WPO
chapters in UAE, UK, USA, Canada starting from neighbouring countries like
Nepal, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia etc. where Guru Nanak Dev Ji
travelled spreading the message of love and peace.
Rupinder Singh Sachdeva (President of WPO-
Chandigarh Chapter), said that ‘WPO is proud to celebrate
Baisakhi as a mark of zeal & zest, bravery and enterprise to Punjabis. We
have been doing lots of Social and Charitable activities before and also
supporting the juvenile students and youth as much as we can in any form.
Davinder Singh Thapar (General Secretary- WPO-
Chandigarh Chapter) and Karan Gilhotra (Treasurer- WPO- Chandigarh Chapter)
added on to it by saying that it is also a platform to uplift economically
weaker Punjabis for their betterment and to promote rich Punjabi culture, Folk,
Language and Literature to inculcate high social values.
World Punjabi Organisation (WPO)-a non-political
international body to bring about ‘Punjabi Renaissance’ with I.K. Gujral,
former Prime Minister of India as its Chief Patron, has an outreach in over 22
countries including UK, US, Canada, Middle East, South Africa, Thailand,
Singapore and SAARC Nations to foster social, economic & cultural bondage
and Universal Brotherhood. Since its inception in 1999, WPO has undertaken
several activities & projects like formation of World Punjabi Parliamentarian
Forum, showcased mega light & sound shows like ‘Bole So Nihal’, ‘Guru
Manyo Granth’, ‘Satguru
Nanak Pargatya’ & ‘Sarbansdani’ globally; Helping ’84 sikh riot victims
families by organising marriages of their daughters; celebrating Guru Nanak
Devji’s birthday celebrations at President & Prime Minister’s house and recently
organised Premier of film ‘KESARI’ - based on the true story of one of the
bravest battles that India ever fought – the Battle of Saragarhi fought by 21
brave Sikhs against 10,000 Afghan invaders and promoted it internationally.
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