The Haryana government led by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has turned to “babas,” to make the villages “adarsh (ideal), sanskarwan (well-cultured) and tanavmukt (stress-free).”

Haryana’s development and panchayats department organized a special camp on Monday in Bhiwani that required compulsory attendance of all sarpanches and secretaries of panchayats in the district to hear Swami Giananand, head of Kurukshetra-based Global Inspiration and Enlightment Organization.

Interestingly, the district development and panchayat officer (DDPO) Bhiwani, had sent an official communication on July 25 to the block development and panchayat officers (BDPOs) of several blocks of Bhiwani district to ensure the presence of all village sarpanches and secretaries at the event.