Rashtriya Lok Dal celebrated the 116th birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh at its office in Hazratganj on Sunday.
The party leaders and workers garlanded the statute of the late farmers’ leader in Vidhan Bhawan.
Later, speaking at a seminar on ‘Relevance of Chaudhary Charan Singh’s ideology in current politics’, RLD state president Masood Ahmad said Chaudhary Saheb was a real well-wisher of farmers and a great supporter of empowerment of villages.
RLD national spokesman Anil Dubey said Chaudhary Charan Singh worked all his life for the welfare of farmers and the poor people. “The great leader had a deep knowledge of village life and poverty of villagers and that was why he devoted his entire life for the uplift of farmers and poor,” he said.
RLD state vice-president Wasim Haider, state spokesman Surendra Nath Trivedi and other leaders also spoke on the occasion.