Congress leaders paid rich tribute and remembered former prime minister Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru, on his 125th birth anniversary which is celebrated as Children Day all over the country, on Friday.
Spokesman of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, RP Singh claimed that after garlanding the statue of Pandit Nehru, the architect of Modern India, the Party leaders distributed sweets along with Panditji photograph and part of speech given by the first prime minister of India after Independence to hundreds of children, who thronged at UPCC office at Mall Avenue to celebrate Childrens’ Day.. He said that later in the evening, Congressmen, went to various important intersections and controlled the traffic congestion along with distributing pamphlets to create awareness about the traffic rules particularly the youngsters.
According to RP Singh, the president of District Congress, Gaurav Chowdhary, led the Congress group to regulate traffic at Hazratganj, Prabhujot Singh Batra led the team in Naka, Surjeet Sonkar at IT Crossing, Govind Singh at Alambagh, and Taj Mohamed at Royal Hotel crossing.
He said that the members of Mahila Congress also joined the leaders during traffic awareness campaign. The prominent leaders who joined the Congress youth team in traffic regulation included Congresa legislative Party leader, Pradeep Mathur,
MP, Sanjay Singh, former minister Satyadev Tripathi, MlAs –Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Gajraj Singh, Pankaj Malik, Banshi Padhadiya, Sanjay Jaiswal etc. RP Singh said that the main function to remember Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru has been organised in former prime minister native town Allahabad.