Rajen Babu remembered

PATNA: Rich tributes were paid to the country's first president Rajendra Prasad on his death anniversary here on Tuesday. Wreaths were placed on Prasad's 'samadhi' on behalf of the President, Vice-President and the PM.
The state function was held at Mahaprayan Ghat (Bans Ghat) where CM Nitish Kumar, food & consumer protection minister Shyam Rajak, State Backward Commission member Jagannath Gupta, Bihar Child Rights Conservation Commission member Shivshankar Nishad, social activists -- Govind Kanodia, Dr Anil Anal and Kulwant Singh Saluja -- paid floral tributes to Prasad.
Governor's ADC Kaviraj Chauhan, representing President Pratibha Patil, Patna divisional commissioner K P Ramaiah representing PM Manmohan Singh and Patna DM Sanjay Kumar Singh representing Vice-President Hamid Ansari, offered floral tributes. Armed forces presented salute and a two-minute silence was observed.