DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Radical transformation brought about by the Manohar Lal government to catapult Haryana's growth on the development track today got a major boost when, President Smt. Droupadi Murmu called Haryana "one of the fastest developing states in the country." Inaugurating the International Gita Mahotsav (IGM)-2022 in Kurukshetra today the President minced no words to applaud the development works of the Haryana Government. Earlier, she inaugurated the International Gita Seminar organized at Kurukshetra University and thanked Lord Krishna that her first visit as President in Haryana had begun from "Dharmakshetra-Kurukshetra". "I am spiritually enlightened as I had performed Yagna on the holy banks of Brahma Sarovar during this IGM-2022 today," said the President. Later addressing the gathering, the President said that Kurukshetra is a holy land. Vedas and Puranas were written on the banks of the Saraswati River. In the Mahabharata, this region of Kurukshetra has been compared to heaven. She said that even Mahatma Gandhi and Lokmanya Tilak took guidance from the holy book Gita. She also lauded the Manohar Lal-led government for successfully organizing IGM since the year 2016. Meanwhile, this year, Nepal is the partner country, while Madhya Pradesh is the partner state. "It is really good to see that people from not only the country but also from abroad have reached this grand event. For this, Haryana Government, especially Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal and his entire team deserve big congratulations," said Smt. Droupadi Murmu. The President inaugurates and lays the foundation stone laying of three projects President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu while launching Nirogi Haryana Yojana also praised the Haryana Chief Minister's vision of providing free-of-cost comprehensive health check-ups of the Antyodaya in the first phase. (editor@dailyworld.in)