Patna: The BJP on Tuesday paid tribute to veteran party functionary and former minister Kailashpati Mishra on his death anniversary at his native Barka Dhakaich village in Buxar, where state party president Sanjay Saraogi announced that his birth anniversary would be observed as an official state function from 2027. The education department also announced to build a library in his memory in Buxar.At the memorial meeting, Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai and agriculture minister Vijay Kumar Sinha were among those present, along with several NDA functionaries, legislators and BJP workers.Rai described Mishra as a leader who carved out a distinct identity through his ideas, discipline and dedication to the organisation. Saraogi said Mishra, a founding member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and BJP, played a significant role in expanding the party’s organisational network in Bihar and nurturing generations of workers.Saraogi said the decision to observe Mishra’s birth anniversary as a state function had received cabinet approval. He also assured the Kailashpati Mishra Smriti Parishad that efforts would be made to fulfil its demands, including the installation of a life-sized statue.For the proposed library, education department secretary Rajiv Roshan has written to the Buxar DM to identify suitable land on the premises of SP Vidya Mandir School in Civil Lines and submit details of its area, ownership, boundaries and present status, along with a no-objection report.Education minister Mithilesh Tiwari said the library would have physical and digital facilities, including biographies of Mishra and other eminent personalities and a collection of his poems. It would support students, researchers and youths preparing for competitive examinations.
