He paid obeisance at Gurdwara Singh Shaheedan Sohana and prayed for peace, harmony, and progress in the state and prosperity of the Punjab people, an official statement read.

The chief minister also expressed his hopes this new year to bring joy, peace, and success to the Punjabis and also exhorted them to make a firm pledge for making Punjab a frontrunner state in the country.

He, then, reiterated his government’s firm commitment to realize the dreams of freedom fighters for development for even the “poorest of the poors”.

He said that the state was on the threshold to further usher in an era of overall progress and growth besides cementing the bonds of communal harmony, peace, amity, and brotherhood, for which all the Punjabis must work zealously in the coming year.

CM Mann called upon the people to welcome the year 2023 with the commitment to work collectively and zealously to preserve the ethos of secularism, sovereignty, communal harmony, and national integration.