ibune News Service
Chandigarh, September 25
The Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) celebrated the 107th birth anniversary of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal as ‘Sammaan Diwas’ on Friday. Street meetings, blood donation camps and plantation drives were organised across the state.
In Jind, JJP president Ajay Singh Chautala inaugurated a blood donation camp. In all, 2,300 units of blood were donated, he said. He was one of the donors at the camp.
“Devi Lal was a mass leader of the poor, the needy and farmers,” Ajay said.
Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala participated in meetings at Bhiwani and Dadri. He also donated blood at a camp in Dadri.
“The policies of Devi Lal continue to serve as an inspiration for several welfare programmes. It was Devi Lal who had started the old-age pension scheme and waived farm debt up to Rs 10,000,” Dushyant said.
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