Tuesday, December 7, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Nation Pays Homage to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

 

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=68145

Monday, December 06, 2010
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

Nation Pays Homage to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

19:48 IST
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil led the nation in paying
homage to Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on his 55th
Mahaparinirvan Diwas here today. The President offered floral tributes
at the statue of Baba Saheb at Sansad Bhavan Lawns in the Parliament
House complex this morning.

The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari, the Prime Minister Dr
Manmohan Singh and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar also
offered tributes to the Father of the Indian Constitution, Dr.
Ambedkar.

Among other leaders who paid floral homage to Baba Saheb included the
Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Mukul Wasnik,
the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, the
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and
the Minister of State, Social Justice & Empowerment Shri D. Napolean.

The UPA Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Leader of the Oppostion in the
Lok Sabha, Smt. Sushma Swaraj and the Chief Minister of Delhi Shrimati
Sheila Dikshit also paid floral tributes to Dr. Ambedkar.

The function was organised by the Ambedkar Foundation, an autonomous
organization under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowermnet.

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