No Guard Of Honour For VIPs For Next 2 Months, Focus On Relief Work: Himachal Chief Minister

Guard of honour is given by the police to dignitaries, including the governor, the chief minister and Union ministers during their field visits in the state.

Dignitaries in Himachal Pradesh will not be greeted with a guard of honour for the next two months. The state police has been told to focus instead on relief work after the devastating rains.

The state government has suspended the guard of honour till September 15, with Independence Day as the only exception, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said in a statement issued here on Monday.

Guard of honour is given by the police to dignitaries, including the governor, the chief minister and Union ministers during their field visits in the state.