Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh paid floral tributes to the former Primer Minister of India, late Rajiv Gandhi on his statue at Sadbhawna Chowk, Chotta Shimla, to mark 70th Birth Anniversary celebrations here today.
Chief Minister was joined by Health and Family Welfare Minister Kaul Singh Thakur, MPP& Power Minister Sujan Singh Pathania, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Col. (Dr.) Dhani Ram Shandil, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Anil Sharma, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries Nand Lal and Rohit Thakur, MLA Mohan Lal Brakta, Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee President Sukhvinder Singh, Mayor, MC Shimla Sanjay Chauhan and Deputy Mayor Tikender Panwar, Chairman, HP Cooperative Bank Harsh Mahajan, Councillors MC Shimla, Office bearers of various frontal organizations of Congress Party, Deputy Commissioner Dinesh Malhotra and other senior officers of the State Government and other prominent persons of the town.
Chief Minister administered a pledge of communal harmony to all those present on the occasion amidst devotional and patriot songs.