President Ram Nath Kovind led the nation in paying tribute to architect of the Indian Constitution and Bharat Ratna Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on his birth anniversary today. He paid floral tributes at his Statue at Parliament House Lawn this morning.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minster Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Dr Virendra Kumar, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Anurag Thakur and Bhupender Yadav paid tributes to him. Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Oppostion in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Members of Parliament also paid floral tributes at Dr Ambedkar’s statue. Besides, hundreds of people from all walks of life also paid tributes to him.