Governor greets people on Diwali

Governor assents to the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2016 
Governor assents to the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2016 

JAMMU: Governor N. N. Vohra has extended warm greetings to the people on Diwali, the festival of lights, and hoped that this auspicious occasion would be a harbinger of peace, progress and prosperity in the State.

In his message of felicitations, the Governor observed that this festival symbolizes the triumph of truth and righteousness over falsehood and of good over evil and highlights the ethos and high values of the country’s civilizational history.

The Governor hoped that the festival would further strengthen the bonds of communal harmony, brotherhood, amity, tranquility and secularism, which are the hallmarks of our glorious composite cultural traditions and prayed for the well-being of the people of the State.