Baidpura (UP), June 29: A statue of late Congress leader Rajesh Pilot was unveiled by leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Manmohan Singh at the former's birth place here today. Speaking on the occasion, Singh lauded the role of Pilot in bringing transparency in the functioning of the government and the party.

Sachin Pilot, son of the late leader, exhorted the youths to follow the ideals and principles of communal harmony as practiced by his father and urged them to defeat the designs of the "narrow-minded" politicians "who were polarising the society on caste and religious lines." Bureau Report