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Tricitynews
Chandigarh 30th August:- A Mega NRI Convention is being
organized in Chandigarh this year. The Indus Canada Foundation is
organizing this convention on the occasion of 550th Jayanti of Nankana
Sahib.
Chairman of Indus Canada Foundation
Gurinder Sodhi and President Vikram Bajwa announced the program in a joint
press conference. They said that the upcoming NRI Convention will be held from
December 15 to December 19. The inauguration of this event will be held in
Chandigarh.
Vikram Bajwa said that Nankana Sahib
Hockey competition will be organized in Shahabad of Haryana, Ludhiana,
Jalandhar and Amritsar of Punjab. For this, there will be Pakistan Punjab XI
and India Punjab XI teams competing against each other.
They said that Union External Affair
Minister Sushma Swaraj, Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh and Haryana
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar have been invited to inaugurate the NRI
Convention in Chandigarh.
On December 19, at the closing
ceremony of the convention in Amritsar, Union Information and Sports Minister,
Vijay Vardhan Rathore has been invited. He will present the prizes to the
hockey teams.
Both of them appreciated the efforts
of both governments for opening Kartar Pur Border for Nankana Sahib and said
that this will strengthen the relations between the two countries.
About 2000 NRIs will take part in the
Mega NRI Convention this year.
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