New Delhi, May 28 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid floral tributes to Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, on his birth anniversary, today.

Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers, J P Nadda; Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju; Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law & Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal; National President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitin Nabin; Members of Parliament and former Members also paid tributes to Veer Savarkar.

Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar, was born on May 28, 1883. A towering figure in India's freedom movement, he was also a revo...