by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH
JULY 17
Punjab
Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today
urged the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh seeking his personal intervention
to direct the Ministry of
External Affairs to take up the issue regarding the dilapidated condition of
Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s ancestral Haveli at Gujaranwala and Baradri of Maharaja
Sher Singh at Lahore with the
Pakistan Government to ensure prompt action for proper upkeep and conservation
of these historic monuments.
In
a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr. Badal apprised him that Sher-e-Punjab
Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the founder of the Sikh empire vastly extended from the Khyber Pass in the west, to Kashmir in the north, to Sindh in
the south, and Tibet in
the east.
Henceforth,
it was the bounden duty of the
Govt. of India to immediately
take up this issue with Pakistan
government for the proper upkeep and maintenance of these two great historic
monuments which were now in a state sheer neglect, as a befitting tribute to
the great warrior of Sikhs. The
Chief Minister said that even his government was also ready to offer necessary
support, if need be for the preservation of these monuments for our future
generations.
Mr.
Badal impressed upon the Prime Minister to immediately take up this matter with
the Pakistan
government in view the religious sentiments of the people especially the Sikh
community besides the historic significance of these monuments. 
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