Overview
- At Parliament’s Prerna Sthal, President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Speaker Om Birla and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi offered floral tributes in a ceremony organised by the Dr Ambedkar Foundation.
- The Parliament event included Buddhist chants by 25 monks and was later opened for members of the public to pay respects at the lawn statue.
- Prime Minister Modi posted on X that Ambedkar’s ideals guide India’s journey toward justice, equality and constitutionalism, adding, “May his ideals keep lighting our path as we work towards building a Viksit Bharat.”
- Thousands gathered at Mumbai’s Chaityabhoomi, where Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy CM Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray paid respects.
- Mumbai authorities set up sheds, mobile toilets, water points and medical stalls, deployed over 5,000 police personnel for crowd management, and Central Railway suspended its weekly mega block and temporarily restricted platform tickets at major stations from December 5 to 7.