President Ram Nath Kovind reached Lucknow on Monday by the presidential express train for a two-day visit. The President, who is currently on a five-day visit to his home state, was received at the Charbagh railway station around noon by Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, UP cabinet ministers, senior officials and people's representatives.
From the railway station, the President went to the Raj Bhawan where he will spend the next two days. He was scheduled to attend a high tea programme at the Raj Bhawan in the evening with senior judges of the Allahabad High Court, with sources saying Chief Justice of India NV Ramana would also be present there.
On Tuesday, the president will lay the foundation stone of Ambedkar Memorial Cultural Centre before flying to New Delhi. The president will lay the foundation stone of the centre at Lok Bhawan. The centre is being built at Aishbagh in the old city.
The state cabinet last Friday had approved the proposal for the transfer of land for the establishment of the cultural centre.
The president had arrived at Kanpur on June 25 on a five-day visit to the state. He was in Kanpur for the past three days during which, besides meeting dignitaries and eminent people, he also paid a visit to his native village, Paraunkh, in Kanpur Dehat on Sunday and interacted with his old acquaintances.
President Kovind arrived at Charbagh railway station from Kanpur Central, Besides UP Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, other ministers, mayor, MPs, MLAs and MLCs Northern Railway General Manager Ashutosh Gangal, North-Eastern Railway general manager Vinay Kumar Tripathi, RDSO Director General Virendra Kumar, Divisional Railway Manager Tarun Prakash and other senior officials of the state administration and railways were also present to accord a warm welcome to the President.