129th Birth Anniversary of Morarji Desai:
Lok Sabha Speaker paid tributes to Morarji Desai, former Prime Minister of India, on his birth anniversary.He resigned as Deputy Collector in 1930 after 12 years in British service to join India’s independence movement. He was detained during Individual Satyagraha (1941) and arrested during Quit India Movement (1942). He led the Janata Party to a landslide victory in the 1977 Lok sabha elections and became Prime Minister. During his tenure, the 44th Amendment Act, 1978 was enacted to uphold the rule of law.He was born on 29th February 1896 and served as the 4th Prime Minister of India (1977 to 1979) during the 6th Lok Sabha.
