Rajnath, Hamid, Advani Pays Tribute to Bharat Ratna Govind Ballabh Pant
Indian Observer Post
New Delhi, Sept 10, 2018: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Former vice-president Hamid Ansari and senior BJP leader LK Advani on Monday paid rich tributes to freedom fighter Bharat Ratna Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant here on his 131birth anniversary here.
Many other prominent persons also garlanded the statue and paid floral tributes to Pandit Pant at this occasion.
“Pandit GB Pant played a pivotal role in laying the foundation of the Nation during the ‘Freedom Movement’, as the first premier of the United Provinces, as the Chief Minister of UP and as a Union Home Minister. His dedication to the nation and exemplary leadership is an example for us to follow,” President Ram Nath Kovind said while paying tribute to the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, In a written message to the organising committee.
In his message, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu said, 'Pandit Pant was a crusader for the cause of the downtrodden and poor section of the society”.