UP CM Yogi Adityanath pays tribute to former CM HN Bahuguna on his birth anniversary

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 17 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday paid floral tributes to former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Union Minister late Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna on his birth anniversary.
Speaking on the occasion, CM Yogi hailed his contribution to the development of the state and said that his ideas still guide them.
"Today is the birth anniversary of former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Union Minister Late Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna. He was a senior politician of the country. He made his way through struggles. As the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, he made many plans to keep the state on the path of development, which is still a guide for all of us. He passed away on 17 March 1989, but his work is still guiding us today. Today, on the occasion of his birth anniversary, I congratulate all the people of the state and pay my tribute to him..." the Chief Minister told reporters.
Taking to X, CM Yogi wrote, "On the occasion of the death anniversary of former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Late Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna ji, I paid tribute to him by offering flowers to his statue in Lucknow today. Apart from being a great freedom fighter, he was a senior politician of the country who had paved his way through struggles. He had immense devotion towards democratic values. The resolutions and action plans he had set for taking Uttar Pradesh forward on the path of development are a guiding light for all of us even today. Salute to his sacred memories!"

उत्तर प्रदेश के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री स्व. हेमवती नंदन बहुगुणा जी की पुण्यतिथि के अवसर पर आज लखनऊ में उनकी प्रतिमा पर पुष्प अर्पित कर उन्हें श्रद्धांजलि दी।

वे महान स्वतंत्रता संग्राम सेनानी होने के साथ देश के एक वरिष्ठ राजनेता थे, जिन्होंने संघर्षों से अपना मार्ग प्रशस्त किया था।… pic.twitter.com/Ueuoafyx1c

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) March 17, 2025

BJP leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi expressed her gratitude towards the Chief Minister for recongising the contributions of former CM late Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna.
"I am thankful to CM Yogi ji for not only recognising Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna's contributions but also paying tributes to him on both his birth and death anniversaries...A statue of Bahuguna ji was also installed here," she told ANI.
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna was a Congress leader and was elected as CM of Uttar Pradesh in 1973. (ANI)