Prez Murmu, PM Modi pay tributes to BR Ambedkar on 135th birth anniversary

Ambedkar, born on April 14, 1891, in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, is known as the architect of the Indian Constitution

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday paid homage to Dr B R Ambedkar on his 135th birth anniversary at Lok Bhavan in Gandhinagar.

"President Droupadi Murmu paid floral tributes to Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary at Lok Bhavan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat," an official release said.

Vice President C P Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla led parliamentarians and people in paying floral tributes to B R Ambedkar in Parliament complex on his 135th birth anniversary.

Every year, hundreds of people line up to pay tributes to one of the key architects of the Indian Constitution at his statue in Parliament complex.

 

Vice President Radhakrishnan, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chair, PM Modi, Speaker Birla, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge offered flowers at the portrait and statue of Ambedkar.

Kharge, who is also Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, and Modi were seen having a brief but an animated discussion at the venue.

Earlier, the prime minister, the speaker and Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju were seen having a long discussion as they awaited the arrival of Radhakrishnan.  Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891, in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. He died on December 6, 1956. He is known as the architect of the Indian Constitution.

A jurist, Ambedkar was also the first Union Law minister of independent India.