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Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, on Wednesday offered a 'chadar' at the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer Sharif, on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Updated : Apr 22, 2015, 12:15 PM IST
Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, on Wednesday offered a 'chadar' at the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer Sharif, on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi had earlier on Tuesday handed over the 'chaadar' to be offered to Naqvi.
Union Minister of State for Minorities Affairs, MA Naqvi offers a 'chadar' at Ajmer Sharif on behalf of PM Modi pic.twitter.com/n6yEsqlQUw
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PM Narendra Modi has offered a 'chadar' at Ajmer Sharif today, I presented the chadar on his behalf: MA Naqvi pic.twitter.com/Qav8vZFwdD
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Greeting people on the occasion of the annual Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, the Prime Minister said in a message that India has been a land of sages, saints and prophets for thousands of years.
He recalled Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti's message of amity to his followers, and said that this was relevant even today.