Canadian sports minister visits Golden Temple

Canadian Sports Minister, Bal Gosal, who is currently on a trip to India, visited the Sikh holy shrine of the Golden Temple at Amritsar. Gosal, who hails from Jalandhar, went to Canada in 1981, and later obtained Canadian citizenship. Commenting on his visit, he said that it was the first time that he had come back to his home town after becoming the Sports Minister of his adopted country. Gosal had made the trip as a part of the delegation that accompanied Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during his just concluded official visit to the country.