The cultural department of Raipur Municipal Corporation Sunday organised a meeting for paying tribute to its founder figure Dr Shyamaprasad Mukherjee on his death anniversary.
The programme was attended by State’s Culture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Raipur Mayor Ms Kiranmoyee Nayak, RMC Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava among others. The meeting also condoled the death of people in Uttarakhand due to landslide coupled with flash floods and those who were killed in Naxal attack at Jheeram Valley in Bastar.
According to a release of the Corporation, on Sunday morning a function was organised near the statue of Shyamaprasad Mukherjee located at Sharda Chowk which was attended by Chhattisgarh Culture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Mayor Kiranmoyee Nayak, chairman of Chhattisgarh State Agriculture and Seed Development corporation Shyam Bais, Vice resident of Raipur Development Authority Ratan Daga, RDA Vice President and deputy leader of opposition in Corporation Prafulla Vishwakarma, Shahar district BJP president Ashok Pandey and a
number of corporators and citizens were present.Terming Dr Mukherjee as a great freedom fighter, a patriot, as also a social worker besides being the founder member of ‘Jansangh’ Agrawal paid tribute to the departed leader on his death anniversary which was also observed as ‘Martyrdom Day’. Mayor Kiranmoyee Nayak also paid tribute to Mukherjee on behalf of all the citizens of Raipur.
In the function people lso observed 2 minutes silence and paid tribute to those killed in flash floods in Uttarakhand and those killed in Jheeram Valley Naxal attack.