Pradesh Congress Committee members observed 125th birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehuru at the Congress Bhavan here on Friday.
PCC president Jayadev Jena presided over the meeting. He spoke on Nehru’s Panchashila rules, his leadership in maintaining world peace and progress of science and strengthening of armed forces in the country during his Prime Ministership.Inaugurating the programme, leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Narasingha Mishra said Nehru had kept up efforts to make the country corruption free.
Earlier, several Congress leaders led by the PCC Chief garlanded the Nehru statues at the Master Canteen Square and Congress Bhavan. A peace march was also organised on the occasion.