Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Choudhary Lal Singh paid rich tributes to the Father of the Nation at a simple but impressive function held at Kathua to mark birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.A large number of people attended the function and paid tributes to the father of nation.Choudhary Lal Singh said that Mahatma Gandhi is an apostle of peace and the real Architect of Freedom Movement of India. He said that he led the “Freedom Movement by following the path of non-violence, peace and truth”. He said that Mahatma won freedom for the country with his unique ideology of non-violence .The Minister said that it is the duty of every citizen of the country to remember “Mahatma Gandhi” on his birth anniversary as a mark of respect to such a towering personality.