New Delhi: President of India Ram Nath Kovind today paid homage to Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today on his birth anniversary.

According to an official statement, the President as well as officials of Rashtrapati Bhavan paid floral tributes in front of a portrait of Pranab Mukherjee. ‘I pay my tribute to former President Shri Pranab Mukherjee who was honoured with Bharat Ratna on his birthday. Pranab Mukherjeeji’s life will always be an inspiration for all of us for the work he had done for the country…,’ Speaker Om Birla wrote on Twitter.

The former President died on 31 August at the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi after a 21-day battle with multiple ailments.