Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Lal Kishenchand Advani, Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy led the nation in paying floral tributes to Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on his 125th birth anniversary in the Central Hall of Parliament House on Wednesday.
Among other dignitaries who paid tributes toSavarkar were Sushma Swaraj, S S Ahluwalia, V K Malhotra, Shri Santosh Kumar Gangawar, Maya Singh, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, members of Parliament and many former members
of Parliament.
Lok Sabha Secretary-General P D T Achary and Rajya Sabha Secretary-General V K Agnihotri, also paid floral tributes at the portrait of Savarkar.
A booklet containing the profile of Savarkar, brought out by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, both in Hindi and English, was presented to the dignitaries on the occasion.
The portrait of Savarkar was unveiled in the Central Hall of Parliament House by former president of India A P J Abdul Kalam on February 26, 2003, in recognition of his many-splendoured services to the nation.