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Prime Minister pays homage to Dr B R Ambedkar
New
Delhi,
Apr
14:
Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh
today
led
the
nation
in
paying
homage
to
Dr
Bhimrao
Ramji
Ambedkar,
an
eminent
jurist,
constitutional
expert,
briliant
parliamentarian
and
social
workers,
on
his
116th
birth
anniversary.
The
Prime
Minister
paid
floral
tributes
to
the
potrait
of
Dr
Ambedkar
in
Parliament.
Others
who
paid
their
homage
to
Dr
Ambedkar
at
a
function
held
in
the
Central
Hall
of
Parliament
were
Leader
of
the
Opposition
L
K
Advani,
Home
Minister
Shivraj
Patil,
Minister
of
State
for
Parliamentary
Affairs
Suresh
Pachouri,
Power
Minister
Sushil
Kumar
Shinde,
MOS
for
Tribal
Affairs
P
R
Kyndiah,
Kumari
Nirmala
Deshpande,
M
P
Dr
Faguni
Ram,
Mr
O
P
Kohli,
both
former
MPs,
and
Secretaries-General
of
both
the
Houses,
Mr
PDT
Achary
(Lok
Sabha)
and
Dr
Yogendra
Narain
(Rajya
Sabha).
A
booklet,
both
in
Hindi
and
English,
containing
the
profile
of
Dr
Ambedkar
was
also
brought
out
by
the
Lok
Sabha
Secretariat
on
the
occasion.
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