President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and PM Manmohan Singh paid floral tribute to Bhim Rao Ambedkar on the occasion of his 53rd death anniversary on December 06 in New Delhi. Congress party Chief Sonia Gandhi along with the chief of Delhi state Sheila Dixit, Meira Kumar (Speaker of Lok Sabha) and senior leader of BJP Lal Krishna Advani were among those who paid homage at the statue of Ambedkar.