Bihar Guv, CM, ministers pay tributes to Karpoori Thakur on his...

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• Khan, Nitish Kumar, DyCMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha and other senior ministers paid floral tributes at a statue of Karpoori Thakur in Bihar Vidhan Sabha premises.
• Kumar also garlanded photos of the socialist icon at Karpoori Sangrahalaya and JD(U) office in the presence of senior party leaders.
• Deputy CM Vijay Sinha asserted that Thakur, despite hardships, made an impact in politics through simplicity and honesty.
• “We will work to strengthen social harmony, end the sentiment of dividing society through the poison of casteism, and act honestly like a warrior to make a developed Bihar and a developed India,” he said.
• Bihar Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar, who also paid tributes to Thakur, said, “His (Karpoori Thakur’s) contribution to the freedom movement and the politics of Bihar and the country has been exemplary.