Tributes to Lokmanya Tilak

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee led the nation in paying floral tributes to Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak in the Central Hall of Parliament House on his 152nd Birth Anniversary, earlier this week.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha,  Jaswant Singh, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, L.K. Advani, Union Ministers Shivraj V. Patil, Vayalar Ravi, Pawan Kumar Bansal and  V. Naranasamy, joined them in paying tributes. Several Members of Parliament viz. Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, S.S. Ahluwalia, Ashok Argal, and former MPs were also present.

The Secretary-General of Lok Sabha, Shri P.D.T. Achary, and    the Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, Dr. V.K. Agnihotri, also paid floral tributes.

A booklet containing the profile of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak brought out in English and Hindi by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, was distributed among the dignitaries.