Modi pays tribute to Ambedkar on death anniversary

President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and others pose for a photograph after paying tribute to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Divas, in New Delhi on Monday. (UNI)
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and others pose for a photograph after paying tribute to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Divas, in New Delhi on Monday. (UNI)

NEW DELHI, Dec 6:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to B R Ambedkar, the architect of India’s constitution, on his death anniversary.
Modi joined President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu besides a host of other leaders to offer floral tributes to Ambedkar’s statue on the Parliament house complex.
India’s first law minister, Ambedkar worked tirelessly for social reforms and emancipation of the most downtrodden sections of society. He passed away in 1956. (PTI)