UP Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has extended an invitation to President of India Pranab Mukherjee to be the chief guest at the function to commemorate the 125th year of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly. He has also requested through two separate letters written to the Union telecom minister Kapil Sibbal for release of a special commemorative stamp and to union finance minister P Chidambaram for release of a special coin by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the momentous occasion by the President.
In his letter sent to the President Pranab Mukherjee, the chief minister said that the UP legislature has had a rich past and it is a sincere wish of the legislators and the people of the state that he be invited as the chief guest at the function to mark the momentous event proposed to be held between January 8 and January 10, 2013. The state assembly building completes 125 years on January 8, 2013. He has also sought the President to give his consent for coming to the function between these dates so that the preparations could be started in the right earnest.
It may be pointed out that in UP was earlier called the North Western Provinces and Avadh, and the legislative council (UP legislative assembly) was established on January 8, 1887 and its first meeting was held at Thornhill Memorial Hall in Allahabad. Prominent members of the legislative assembly included luminaries like Pandit Motilal Nehru, Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Sayyed Ahmad, Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant and CY Chintamani.
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