People from different segments of the society, including school children, remembered Bharat Ratna GB Pant on his 127th birth anniversary in different parts of the Kumaon division on Wednesday.
Paying floral tributes at the statue of the legendary leader at the Pant Park, Mallital in Nainital on Wednesday, the District Magistrate Nainital, Akshat Gupta, said that Pandit Pant was not just a peerless freedom fighter but an able leader and a great social reformer.
His ideals keep on inspiring the people for ages and they would prove a beacon for the coming generations too, added the Nainital District Magistrate. He also said a permanent exhibition of Pandit Pant’s photographs and other documents will be staged at the collectorate premises so that visitors could know more about him.
To mark the birth anniversary of Pant, an exhibition was also held at G B Pant Park in the lake city. The school children staged cultural programmes on the occasion. Sumitra Prashad, president of the Nainital district Panchyat, also paid tributes to Pandit Pant at the Pant Park at Tikonia, Haldwani on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, she said aside from striving for the country’s political emancipation he had worked hard to uplift the weaker sections of the society. In his address Mayor, Haldwani Municipal Corporation, Jogendra Rautlea said Pandit Pant had dedicated his life to ensure all-round welfare of the society. “He was optimism incarnate. He would continue inspiring us,” he said.
Among others, senior BJP leader Bachi Singh Rawat and many other social activists and public representatives paid tributes and spoke volumes of the contribution of the leader on the occasion. Similar programmes were also held in other districts of the Kumaon region, including Almora, Bageshwar, Udham Singh Nagar, to name a few, to remember Pant on his anniversary.