President of India Ramnath Kovind is likely to visit Mhow on April 14 to pay tribute to Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Ambekdar on his birth place at Mhow.
Indore Commissioner Sanjay Dubey, ADG Indore Ajay Sharma, Indore collector Nishant Warwade DIG Indore Harinarayanchari Mishra, ADM Indore Kailash Wankhede SDM Mhow Pratul Sinha and Addl SP Mhow Nagendra Singh on Tuesday visited Ambedkar Smarak Mhow and inspected the ongoing work for the construction of platform on which the Ashoka Stambha pillar will be erected which has come to Mhow from Delhi.
Thereafter, these officers visited the venue for the food where thousands of Ambedkar followers coming from across India will dine together for three days, President Ramnath Kovind is likely to join them with Ambedkar followers on April 14. later, the officers visited the public meeting venue where the chief minister and other delegates will address thousands of people. After wards the officers went to the inspection of 3 to 4 helipads in different parts of Mhow where the President and other dignitaries will land.
If President Ramnath Kovind arrives here, he would be the first president in the history of India who will visit the birth place of Ambedkar. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also visited the birth place of Ambedkar at Ambedakar memorial Mhow and paid homage to Ambedkar as he is also the first Prime Minister in Indian history to visit Mhow at Ambedkar birth place.
More than Rs 2.5 crore has been allotted by the state government in addition to other facilities for the celebration of Ambedkar Jayanti as it is declared as Mahakumbh by the government of Madhya Pradesh and free food, free stay and free transport is provided by the government for the Madhya Pradesh.
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has given the status of state guest to all the thousands of Ambedkar followers who visit Mhow on Ambedkar jayanti to pay homage to Ambedkar.