Omar Abdullah joins The Lawrence School, Sanawar’s founders day celebrations after election fatigue, Rejoiced old days with batchmates

Inderjeet Raina. Dated: 10/4/2024 9:35:51 PM


Omar Abdullah joins The Lawrence School, Sanawar’s founders day celebrations after election fatigue, Rejoiced old days with batchmates


Jammu . 04October2024. The former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdulla took time out to ease off from his busy schedule after the state elections and participated in the 177th Founders Day of Lawrence School, Sanawar. Abdulla is an Old Sanwarian of the 1981-89 batch. Apart from being the Head Boy of the school, he was also the captain of Vindhya House. While briefing the journalists Abdullah was wondered with a massive change in the school's infrastructure. “We used to practice football at this ground where I marched past with my batch mates. Our knees used to get bruised during practice. Today the same ground turns into astro turf and central venue of the activities.” emotes Abdulla.


On being asked about the recently concluded elections in the state, he said that a candidate contests elections only to win. Every party claimed victory, but the final result on 8 October will introduce a new picture for all.


The key attraction of the third and last day of Founders Day was the school band and parade followed by OS celebrity march past. The program was presided over by OS of 1966 batch, Chairperson of Kiran Nadar Museum of Arts and Trustee of Shiv Nadar Foundation - Kiran Tandon Nadar in the presence of school headmaster Himmat Singh Dhillon. Apart from Omar Abdulla, Olympian Shiva Keshavan, Bollywood director Apoorva Lakhiya, actor Iqbal Khan, director Iqbal Rizvi, corporate entrepreneur Vivek Mehra, Vipin Sondhi, local MLA Vinod Sultanpuri and others participated in the march past.


During the program, Kiran Tandon Nadar also inaugurated a girls dormitory constructed at the cost of Rs 15 crore. OS Lifetime Achievers Award was given to presenter of DD's Surabhi show Siddharth Kak, golf coach Jaskirat Grewal and film critic Aruna Vasudev (posthumously). Outstanding students of the school were also felicitated during the award distribution ceremony for excellence in academics.

 

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