Jammu: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu & Kashmir, celebrated Lohri with traditional fervor at its headquarters in Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
BJP State General Secretary (Org.) Ashok Koul, former Dy. CM Kavinder Gupta, BJP Vice President & MLA Yudhvir Sethi, MLA Arvind Gupta, BJP NEM Priya Sethi, Ayodhya Gupta, Baldev Singh Billawaria, Tilak Gupta, Balbir Ram Rattan, Dr. Pardeep Mahotra, Sanjita Dogra, Naresh Singh Jasrotia, Prof Kulbhushan Mohtra, Ajay Pargal, Vinay Gupta, and other senior leaders of party were present on occasion.
BJP senior leaders extended Lohri greetings to mankind while praying for good fortune, bumper harvests, and peace in the Universe. They also offered traditional nuts and sweets to all assembled on the occasion.
Ashok Koul said that the Lohri festival heralds the harvest of the winter crops, honors the Sun God for warmth, and encourages the days to grow longer with the celebration of Makar Sankranti. He said that it is always pleasurable to celebrate the “Lohri” as this gives the indication of brotherhood among us with the lovely change in weather in anticipation of good fortune for the whole world. He greeted people, said that “Lohri” depicts our cultural ethos for time immemorial, and exhorted them to celebrate such occasions together with all their near and dear ones. He also prayed for the peace in Jammu & Kashmir denouncing the acts of terrorism and violence in the region.
Kavinder Gupta, while extending the greetings of the Lohri festival to everybody, especially to the residents of J&K, prayed for the prosperity of Jammu & Kashmir. He said that the festival depicts a profound love of nature, plentiful reap and humans and also marks the realm of activeness among all living creatures.
