President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Memorial and Cultural Centre in Lucknow. The President laid the foundation stone for the centre, to come up in Aishbagh, at an event in Lok Bhawan.
The event was also attended by Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma. Kovind, who is in Lucknow on a two-day visit to the state capital, arrived from Kanpur on Monday morning and will leave for Delhi on Tuesday evening.
Last week, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet had approved a proposal of the state cultural department for construction of the Ambedkar Memorial Cultural Centre in Aishbagh.