Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan paid rich tributes to Babu Jagjivan Ram, former Deputy Prime Minister of India on Tuesday, on his 115th birth anniversary at a programme held in the Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan.
Mr. Harichandan offered floral tributes to a portrait of Babu Jagjivan Ram and said that he was a national leader of great stature, a great freedom fighter and crusader of social justice. He was a champion of the oppressed classes, Mr. Harichandan said.
“Babu Jagjivan Ram was an outstanding Parliamentarian and a true democrat who served in the country’s politics for over half a century and as a distinguished Union Minister for over thirty years, with commitment, dedication and devotion for the upliftment of the oppressed classes,” the Governor said.
