New Delhi, Nov 11 (UNI) Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs & Statistics and Programme Implementation Vijay Goel and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad led Parliamentarians in paying floral tributes at the portrait of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in the Central Hall of Parliament House on his birth anniversary on Sunday.
Departmentally Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (Rajya Sabha) Chairperson Dr Satyanarayan Jatiya, Lok Sabha Secretary-General Snehlata Shrivastava and Officers of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats also paid floral tributes.
A booklet containing the profile of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, brought out in Hindi and English by the Lok Sabha Secretariats, was also presented to the dignitaries who attended the function.
The portrait of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was unveiled by the then President Dr Rajendra Prasad in the Central Hall of Parliament House on 16 December 1959, according to a statement here.
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