Chief minister Samrat Choudhary pays floral tribute to former Union minister Lokratna Upendra Nath Verma in Patna on Friday
Patna: Governor Syed Ata Hasnain and CM Samrat Choudhary on Friday paid floral tributes to former Union minister Lokratna Upendra Nath Verma at a state ceremony organised in Patna on his death anniversary.Verma died on Aug 28, 2011, aged 90, at a private hospital in Patna following a prolonged illness. He served as Union minister of state for rural development in the V P Singh cabinet from 1989 to 1990 and was also a minister in Bihar govt.Cooperative minister Ramkripal Yadav, other ministers, former minister Shyam Rajak, Legislative council members, family members and others also paid tribute by garlanding his portrait. Artists of the information and public relations department presented devotional and patriotic programmes.
