Lucknow, May 29 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid a heartfelt tribute to former Prime Minister 'Bharat Ratna' Chaudhary Charan Singh on his death anniversary on Friday.

CM Adityanath laid a wreath at his statue in the Vidhan Bhavan. In his address, the Chief Minister described former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh as a great son of Mother India and a messiah of farmers.

The Chief Minister said," Chaudhary Charan Singh was born on December 23, 1902, in Uttar Pradesh. He was involved in the country's independence movement and credited with numerous reforms in the fields of agriculture and revenue. He clearly believed that the path to national development lies through villages, farms, and barns".

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