Dehradun, Nov. 9 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday paid floral tributes to the martyrs of the statehood movement on the occasion of the state's 26th Foundation Day and expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his support and development initiatives in the state.

The chief minister paid floral tributes to the martyrs at the Martyrs' Memorial located at the Shaheed Sthal, Court Campus premises in Dehradun. Dhami also remembered former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, during whose tenure Uttarakhand was formed, and reiterated the state's commitment to fulfilling his vision that the third decade of the 21st century would belong to Uttarakhand.

Speaking to reporters at Police Lines in Dehradun, th...