Raipur, May 14 -- Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria arrived at Raipur airport on Thursday to attend a Jain community event in the city.

Speaking to reporters, Kataria said he was in Chhattisgarh for a religious function. "Today, there is an event here at a temple of the Jain community and Dadabadi. Right in front of it, donors are building houses for 250 people... I will attend the program today," he told reporters.

Commenting on the ongoing West Asia crisis, the Governor invoked India's history of unity during national emergencies.

"The crisis that is going on all over the world... It is the greatness of India that in 1965, there was a food shortage... On an appeal from Lal Bahadur Shastri, all the people of the country started a fa...