Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday paid floral tributes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on his birth anniversary at his portrait in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan.
Union Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, members of Parliament, former MPs, Lok Sabha Secretary-General Utpal Kumar Singh and Rajya Sabha Secretary-General P C Mody also paid floral tributes on the occasion.
A booklet highlighting the life and contributions of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, published in Hindi and English by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, was presented to the dignitaries attending the ceremony.
The portrait of Azad was unveiled by the then President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad, in the Central Hall of the erstwhile Parliament House, now Samvidhan Sadan, on December 16, 1959.
-PIB
