Press Release: Lok Sabha Secretariat


Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid floral tributes to ‘Punjab Kesari’ Lala Lajpat Rai at his portrait in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on his Birth Anniversary, today.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha  Mallikarjun Kharge, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha Harivansh, Members of Parliament, former Members, Secretary – General, Lok Sabha, Utpal Kumar Singh and other dignitaries also paid floral tributes to Lala Lajpat Rai on this occasion.

A booklet containing the profile of Lala Lajpat Rai brought out in Hindi and English by the Lok Sabha Secretariat was presented to the dignitaries.

The portrait of Lala Lajpat Rai was unveiled by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on 17 November, 1956.