Via PTI
NEW DELHI: High Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to former deputy high minister Jagjivan Ram, a fundamental Dalit chief of his time, and mentioned the country will all the time take into account his “exceptional” contribution throughout the liberty motion and after Independence.
Born in Bihar in 1908, Ram was once a freedom fighter and served as a minister in governments led through Jawaharlal Nehru and later India Gandhi.
He surrender the Congress to protest in opposition to Emergency and served as a deputy high minister within the Janata Celebration executive.
Modi tweeted, “Tributes to Babu Jagjivan Ram Ji on his beginning anniversary. Our country will all the time take into account his exceptional contribution be it throughout the liberty motion or after Independence. He was once extensively admired for his administrative abilities and worry for thr deficient.”