Minister names postal depatment's cutural centre after Pandit

Union Minister for Communications Manoj Sinha on Monday named a pre-Independence period cultural centre of the Postal department in the heart of the capital city after freedom fighter Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.

He also unveiled Malviya's statue in its premises.

Addressing a function on the occasion, Sinha said it was part of an effort to give appropriate place to such personalities in the history.

Built in 1930, the centre has been now named as "Madan Mohan Malviya Dak Sankritik Kendra".

In his adddress, Sinha, minister of state for Communications (Independent charge), said that "it is my privilege that we are paying tribute to a great personality by naming a building after him."

Directing the postal officials to pay special attention to the Kendra as it has been named after Malaviya, Sinha said that "we want to make it one of the best centres of Patna and funds will not be any problem in developing the centre as the centre would give the money it required."

Setting up of Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya was one of the many good works Malaviya did in his life, the minister said.

 

"The country has not produced a great person like Malaviya jee...Malaviya jee played instrumental role in carrying forward India's industrialisation in true sense as he set up engineering college within the Vishwavidyalaya which produced most numbers of engineers in the country," he added.

Stating that the time is now changing, Sinha said that "efforts are being made to give such personalities appropriate place in the history".

Earlier in the day, Sinha, who is also Minister of State for Railway, inaugurated two escalators at Patna junction built at a cost of Rs 2 crore.

Union Minister of state for Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Bihar BJP chief and MP Nityanand Rai, Bihar ministers Nand Kishore Yadav, Rana Randhir, MLAs Sanjiv Chaurasia, Nitin Navin and Chief Post Master General were also present on the occasion.