Tributes paid to Babu Jagjivan Ram
April 5th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar led the nation in paying tributes to Babu Jagjivan Ram on his 103rd birth anniversary Monday.
The prime minister and the speaker, who is Jagjivan Ram’s daughter, paid their floral tributes at his statue in parliament house.
Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Mukul Wasnik, MPs, ex-MPs and parliament officials also paid floral tributes, said a release issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat.
A booklet containing the profile of Jagjivan Ram, brought out by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, was presented to the dignitaries who attended the function.
The statue of Babu Jagjivan Ram was unveiled by the then President Shanker Dayal Sharma in Parliament House Aug 25, 1995 in recognition of his outstanding services to the nation.
Earlier in the day, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Manmohan Singh, Meira Kumar paid floral tributes at Jagjivan Ram’s memorial, Samta Sthal in New Delhi.
Among others who paid tributes were the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, MPs and former ex-MPs.
On the occasion, the speaker attended a Sarva Dharam Prarthana at his memorial at 6, Krishna Menon Marg.
Later in the day, she also joined a large number of people who took part in a procession from the Red Fort to the Samta Sthal to mark the occasion.
In the evening, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee delivered the Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Lecture in Vigyan Bhawan.
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