Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid glowing tributes to Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant on his 136th birth anniversary on Sunday.
Describing him as a great freedom fighter, Yogi said that Pandit Pant became the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh after independence and made valuable contributions to the progress of the state and internal security of the country.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also garlanded the statue of the first chief minister of Uttar Prasad and former home minister, Bharat Ratna Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant at the Lok Bhawan complex.
The chief minister said, “Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant had actively participated in the freedom struggle. Keeping in mind his hard work, his patriotism and organisational ability, he was given the responsibility of chief ministership. He became the first chief minister of the state in independent India and then served the country and the state as home minister.”