New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla paid floral tributes in the Samvidhan Sadan to former Lok Sabha Speaker the late Rabi Ray whose birth anniversary is being observed on Wednesday.

According to a press release, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh and MPs also paid tributes to Ray on this occasion.

Secretary-General, Lok Sabha, Utpal Kumar Singh and Secretary- General, Rajya Sabha, PC Mody also paid floral tributes to Rabi Ray.

As per the release, Rabi Ray was born today in the year 1926 at Bhanaragarh village in the Puri district of Odisha. He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1967. Ray also served as the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfar...