Lucknow, Apr 12 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday inaugurated the newly constructed 'Lalji Tandon Multipurpose Hall' in Chowk Stadium on the occasion of the birth anniversary of former minister and former Governor of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh Lalji Tandon.
On this occasion, he named the road from Dubgga to Chowk intersection Lalji Tandon Road and Chowk intersection was named Lalji Tandon intersection.
'Lucknow and Lalji Tandon were synonymous with each other. Probably today this is the first program in which Tandon ji is not present as his physical body, yet his ideology is still working for us as a guide,' Mr Adityanath said in his address here.
The Chief Minister said that people of all parties of the state respected Lalji Tandon. His specialty was that for a lifetime, he adhered to the same ideology, values and principles.
The Chief Minister said that Tandon was repository of knowledge about Lucknow. He had a holistic view of business, politics, development and social philosophy of Lucknow. He has contributed significantly to the development of Lucknow.
Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dr. Dinesh Sharma, Urban Development Minister Ashutosh Tandon, Medical Education Minister Suresh Khanna and Member of Legislative Council and BJP state president Swatantradev Singh also expressed their views on the occasion.
Mayor of Lucknow, Samyukta Bhatia, thanked everyone.
It is known that the multipurpose hall at Chowk Stadium has been constructed by the Sports Department at a cost of about Rs 12 crores. This multipurpose hall has a seating capacity of 1,000 spectators. This is the first such multipurpose hall in the state, where all indoor games including boxing facilities are available.
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