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Amritsar, Oct 25 Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today called upon the people to adopt a secular outlook and participate in the religious congregations of spiritual leaders irrespective of caste or religion.

He was participating in the Guru Puja Maha Utsav organised in memory of Jain Pradhan Acharya Sri Sohan Lal Ji here today.

Eulogizing the philosophy of Jain spiritual leaders, Badal said that they advocated austerity, secularism, service to humanity and ahimsa (non violence).

He said that all these values are pertinent in modern society and added that people as well as Governments should abide by them.

Assuring the Jain community of full support in all their social activities, Badal said that the land demanded by Jain community for the construction of a memorial of Pradhan Acharya Sri Sohan Lal Ji belongs to Improvement Trust, Amritsar and any decision about handing it over to Jain community can be taken up only after passing a resolution by the members of the trust.

He assured that as and when the resolution will be forwarded for a formal cabinet approval it would be approved instantly..

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