President Murmu's visit to Jalandhar for convocation event cancelled due to bad weather

CHANDIGARH: (Jan 16) President Droupadi Murmu's scheduled visit to Jalandhar on Friday for a convocation ceremony was cancelled due to bad weather, an official said.

Murmu, who reached Amritsar on Thursday, where she addressed a convocation function at the Guru Nanak Dev University, was to attend the 21st convocation ceremony of the Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology in Jalandhar as the chief guest on Friday.

“The president's visit was cancelled due to bad weather conditions,” Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal said over the phone.