Chandigarh, 20.10.26: Arya Samaj Manimajra organised a Yajna at New Darshani Bagh, Old Ropar Road, to revive and strengthen its activities. The programme was followed by the formation of a new executive committee and discussions on membership expansion, annual membership fees, reactivation of bank accounts, and bringing the organisation’s land and building under its control.
Satyakam Aggarwal was appointed President, while Dr Vinod Kumar was named Senior Vice-President and Suryakant Vice-President. Ramesh Arya was appointed Secretary, Krishna Bansal Joint Secretary, Gulshan Swaroop Kalra Treasurer, Bharat Bhushan Gupta Auditor, and Vishwa Bharti Legal Advisor. Dharam Bir Batra, President of Arya Samaj, Sector 9, Panchkula, and retired principal Ramesh Chand Jeevan were appointed advisors and guides.
The inner council will comprise Ashok Chhabra, Ravinder Goyal, Ankit Aggarwal, Dr Bhupendra Gupta, Ashim Bansal, Suresh Arya and Geetu Arya. All executive committee office-bearers will also be members of the inner council.
Other prominent participants included Dharam Bir Batra, who has served as President of Arya Samaj, Sector 9, Panchkula, for the past 20 years; Bodh Ram Dhiman, former President and Secretary of Arya Samaj, Sector 22, Chandigarh (1990–2004) and others.
The participants stressed the need to strengthen organisational activities, enrol new members, bring more Arya families into the fold and spread the teachings of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati. The new committee expressed its commitment to promoting Vedic philosophy, moral values, education and sanskar (ethical values) through collective efforts.