Kishida who arrived in the national capital early this morning on a two-day official visit visited Rajghat here and paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.
The Chief Minister offered floral tributes at the statue of Bapu at GPO in presence of school children who also paid their respects to the Mahatma through recitation of bhajans.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid floral tributes to fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial on eve of the 74th Republic Day celebrations.
The Maharashtra government issued a Government Resolution (GR) on Wednesday ordering all the government offices in the state to offer floral tributes at their offices on the birth anniversaries of great personalities like Swami Vivekananda, Balasaheb Thackeray, Subhash Chandra Bose and Ma Sa
I offered floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji, one of the worthy sons of Maa Bharti, on his 98th Jayanti. His ideals of patriotism, love for motherland and leadership will continue to inspire countrymen for all times," Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur, BJP State President Suresh Kashyap, State Incharge Avinash Rai Khanna along with a host of other leaders, paid floral tributes at the statue of Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Ridge Maidan in Shimla.
Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday led the nation in paying tributes to the security personnel and victims who lost their lives while defending the Parliament 21 years ago.
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday paid floral tributes to the first President of India Dr Rajendra Prasad on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan.