Glowing tributes were paid to first Prime Minister (PM)  of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru on his 56th  death anniversary on Wednesday. In the provisional state capital Dehradun, the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Preetam Singh paid floral tributes to Pandit Nehru at the Nehru ward at the old jail campus. During the freedom struggle, Nehru was jailed at this ward. The Congress leaders and workers assembled at the state headquarters of the party to pay homage to Nehru. Speaking on the occasion, the PCC president Singh said that Pandit Nehru played a pivotal role in laying the foundation of the Modern India. He also remembered the role played by Nehru in the freedom struggle of India. “Nehruji gave a message to the whole world by propounding the principle of Panchsheel. He undertook a new experiment of socialism, democracy and planning to give a new direction to the democracy in the world. Nehru laid a strong foundation for industrial development in India and presented a new model of development of India. He started the Non Aligned Movement and brought India into a leadership role,’’ he said.

Pritam Singh added that the first PM of India is considered as father of mixed economy in the world. He said that some powers are hell bent to erase memories of Nehru and the works done by him. The PCC president that in recent elections,  the people of India have given fitting response to those who were talking about a ‘Congress Mukt Bharat’.

Those who are talking about Congress free India would themselves get thrown out of politics.

Floral tributes were paid to the first PM of India by general secretary organisation Vijay Saraswat, Vice President Surya Kant Dhasmana, former ministers Shoorvir Singh Sajwan, Matbar Singh Kandari and others.