Jodhpur, April 14 -- Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shikhawat on Monday paid floral tributes to B R Ambedkar in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on the 135th anniversary of the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.

He paid the tributes at Nagori Gate Circle in the city which is also known as the Blue City.

"Today, India is progressing towards becoming a Viksit Bharat by making continuous progress on the basis of the power of the Constitution... Today is the birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Ambedkar, and the country respectfully salutes Baba Saheb. All of us BJP workers respectfully salute Baba Saheb Ambedkar, who was the promoter of social harmony, established the importance of education and gave a living Constitution to the country," he ...