New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries on Thursday paid tribute to Bharat Ratna Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar on his 63rd Mahaparinirvan Diwas.
The President, the Vice-President and the Prime Minister, along with Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, , Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot, veteran BJP leader L K Advani and Congress President Rahul Gandhi offered floral tributes at the statue of Dr Ambedkar at Parliament House Lawns in the Parliament House complex.
Born on April 14, 1891, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar died on December 6, 1956. Popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, he was a jurist, economist, politician and social reformer.He was the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee and country's first Law Minister after Independence.(UNI)