On the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, a state-level program was organized near the Patna High Court. On this occasion, Governor Shri Arif Mohammed Khan and CM Nitish Kumar paid floral tributes to Dr. Ambedkar and also offered respects at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.
Deputy Chief Ministers Shri Samrat Chaudhary and Shri Vijay Kumar Sinha, Assembly Speaker Shri Nandkishore Yadav, Rural Development Minister Shri Shravan Kumar, Building Construction Minister Shri Ashok Choudhary, Information and Public Relations Minister Shri Maheshwar Hazari, Minor Water Resources Minister Santosh Kumar Suman, SC/ST Welfare Minister Shri Janak Ram, and Excise & Prohibition Minister Shri Ratnesh Sada also paid their respects.
Other dignitaries present included MP Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, MLA Sanjeev Chaurasia, MLC Sanjay Kumar Singh alias Gandhiji, former Minister Kumud Verma, former MLA Shri Arun Majhi, and former Minister Shri Shyam Rajak. Also present were Dr. S. Siddhartha, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Arvind Kumar, former Secretary General of Bihar State Nagarik Parishad, former Member of the Bihar Commission for Protection of Child Rights Shri Shivshankar Nishad, JD(U) leader Om Prakash Setu, along with various public representatives, social workers, and political leaders.
Floral tributes were offered to Babasaheb by all attendees. To mark the occasion, artists from the Information and Public Relations Department performed aarti, devotional songs (bhajans), patriotic songs, and cultural dances.