Prayagraj: The City Congress Committee workers paid tribute to Bharat Ratna and the country’s second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, on his 60th death anniversary. Under the president ship of City President Fuzail Hashmi, party members offered floral tributes at the statue of Shastri Ji located at Medical Chauraha and remembered his contribution to nation-building. During the condolence meeting, Congress workers described Shastri Ji was a true role model for the younger generation and said that he was always a strong advocate of honesty in public life. He raised a powerful voice for the principle of simple living and high thinking for modern India. His slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” continues to inspire Indians across the world even today.

Rising from poverty to the highest office of the country, this great personality proved that strong determination and high morale are essential to achieve any goal. Congress workers resolved to follow the path shown by him. City President Fuzail Hashmi, Sudhakar Tiwari, Kishore Varshney, Harikesh Tripathi, Mukund Tiwari, Anil Pandey, Parvez Siddiqui, Anoop Tripathi, Afroz Ahmad, Manas Shukla, Pratima Tripathi, Arshad Ali, Ajay Srivastava, Shah Nawaz Qureshi, Pradeep Dwivedi, Nizamuddin, Rajesh Mishra and others were present on the occasion.