Guv and CM pay rich tributes to Rajendra Babu

PATNA: Governor Phagu Chauhan and CM Nitish Kumar on Friday paid rich tributes to India’s first President Dr Rajendra Prasad on his 137th birth anniversary by garlanding his portrait during a state function organized near his statue at Rajendra Chowk in the state capital here.

The governor and the CM also encouraged women of Swadeshi Kambal Ashram by distributing saris among them.

From Rajendra Chowk, the governor and the CM went to the Rajendra Ghat near Bans Ghat and paid floral tributes to the first President of India by placing wreaths on his memorial.

Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad, health minister Mangal Pandey, building construction minister Ashok Choudhary, road construction minister Nitin Navin, PHED minister Ramprit Paswan, mines and geology minister Janak Ram and transport minister Sheela Kumari were other prominent leaders present on the occasion.