BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Governor Kambhampati Hari Babu and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary at the Assembly premises here. Deputy Chief Ministers Pravati Parida and KV Singh Deo, Odisha Assembly Speaker and other ministers also paid tributes to Gandhi at the Assembly premises.
Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik also paid his tributes to the Father of the Nation in a social media post and said that Gandhi ji’s timeless ideals of Ahimsa, truth and peace have inspired people from across the world.
Gandhi, the most prominent face of India’s freedom movement, was assassinated by Nathuram Godse on this day in 1948.