Declare holiday on 'Cheti Chand': Sindhi outfit to PM

An organisation representing the Sindhi community has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare Sindhi New Year 'Cheti Chand' as a general holiday every year.

This year, Cheti Chand falls on March 29.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Bharatiya Sindhi Samaj (BSS) President Pradeep Bhavnani said the Government should declare Sindhi New Year as a holiday just as other minority communities have been given this facility.

He said the community, whose members are scattered all over the country, have contributed in nation-building.