MLA pays tributes to martyrs
Governor Anandiben Patel was the chief guest. She was joined by Padma Shri Malini Awasthi and lyricist Manoj Muntashir. Singh said, "This programme is a salute to the soil that gave us life and for which countless martyrs sacrificed everything. The debt to our motherland can never be repaid." He hailed the governor as a symbol of women's empowerment, education and social welfare, citing her initiatives from Gujarat's "Shala Praveshotsav" to raising UP universities to NAAC A++ grades.
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