Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav inaugurated a new train from Ambedkar Nagar in Madhya Pradesh, BR Ambedkar's birthplace, to New Delhi via Kota on the eve of his birth anniversary on Sunday.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur and other senior leaders attended via videoconferencing. Vaishnaw said the new train connecting Ambedkar's birthplace with New Delhi is a tribute to his work and role as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.