Minister of State for Health Sharad Jain has said that freedom fighter Pt Kunjbihari Pathak devoted his life to the nation, society and culture. He lived life of a journalist with great ethics and values. He would always be a source of inspiration for the present and future generation of journalists.
Journalism was a mission for Pt. Kunjbihari. A ‘Freedom Fighter Felicitation’ and ‘Journalist Felicitation’ programme in memory of Freedom fighter and Journalist Pt Kunjbihari Pathak.
Senior Advocate of High Court Bar Association President Adarsh Muni Trivedi presided over the programme.
He said that Pt Kunjbihari Pathak had enormous power in his writing and had great command over his language. He said his reports were full of facts and nobody could challenge while his humble personality and nature made everyone his friend and well wisher.
Eminent among those who shared the dais were NP Dube, Rajkumar Sumitra enlightened views on life of Pt Kunjbihari Pathak. Representatives from different social and cultural organisations paid floral tributes.
In second phase of the programme, award ceremony was organised. Swatrata Sangram Senani Samman was posthumously conferred upon Mulayamchand Jain. His son Arvind Jain received the award. Senior Journalist Award conferred upon senior journalist, Ravindra Bajpai, Editor Hindi Express by presenting him shawl shreephal and a memento at the hands of guests. Thereafter, guests gave away ‘The Young Journalist Award-2014’ to Anurag Khare and Rakesh Shrivas and Praveen Mishra.
Rajesh Pathak Praveen convened the programme. Eminent among those present were Omkar Shrivastava, Kanti Rawat Mishra, Rajbahadur Singh, Gargi Sharan Mishra, N P Dubey, Kaushilya
Gontia, Manorama Tiwari, Rajendra Jain, Shravan Deepaware, Arun Jain, Omkar Shrivastava, Praful Shrivastava, Sumitra Gontia, Kritan Vyas, Rakesh Jain, Rajni Nigam, Chandra Pandey, Meera Jaiswal and others.