‘Will Not Allow India To Fall Apart’: Rahul In Tribute To Indira Gandhi On Her Death Anniversary

The former Prime Minister was assassinated on October 31, 1984, by two of her bodyguards in retaliation for the military action at the Golden Temple as part of Operation Blue Star.

File Photo: Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to former PM Indira Gandhi amid Congress Party's Bharat Jodo Yatra.

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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi remembered former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary today and asserted that he will not allow the nation "to fall apart."

"Grandmother, I am carrying both your love and values in my heart. I will not allow India for which you have sacrificed your life to fall apart," Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.

दादी, आपका प्यार और संस्कार दोनों दिल में ले कर चल रहा हूं। जिस भारत के लिए आपने अपना सर्वस्व बलिदान कर दिया, उसे बिखरने नहीं दूंगा। pic.twitter.com/wZ9NSgbFd6

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 31, 2022

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, senior party leader Sonia Gandhi and other Congress on Monday paid tribute to former prime minister Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal.

Delhi | Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, senior party leader and MP Sonia Gandhi and others pay tribute to former prime minister #IndiraGandhi at Shakti Sthal, on her death anniversary today. pic.twitter.com/DiM38kvPED

— ANI (@ANI) October 31, 2022

In a tweet, Kharge wrote, "My tributes to the first woman prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi ji, on her martyrdom day. Be it agriculture, economy or military power, Indira ji's contribution in making India a strong nation is incomparable". 

भारत की पहली महिला प्रधानमंत्री श्रीमती इंदिरा गांधी जी को उनके बलिदान दिवस पर मेरा नमन।

कृषि हो, अर्थव्यवस्था हो या फिर सैन्य बल, भारत को एक सशक्त राष्ट्र बनाने में इंदिरा जी का योगदान अतुलनीय है। pic.twitter.com/eXaLTmnrFV

— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) October 31, 2022

The Congress remembered Indira Gandhi's contributions as prime minister, recalling the liberation of Bangladesh and ushering in the Green Revolution. "We salute her unyielding resilience & unwavering vision for the nation's development," the party wrote, also honouring Sardar Valabbhai Patel on his birth anniversary.

भारत माँ के एक सपूत ने जहां बिखरते देश को जोड़ने का काम किया तो वहीं देश की बेटी ने दुश्मनों के नापाक इरादों और हौसले को तोड़कर दुनिया का नक्शा बदल दिया।

कांग्रेस परिवार की ओर से लौहपुरुष सरदार श्री वल्लभभाई पटेल जी और पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री श्रीमती इंदिरा गांधी जी को श्रद्धांजलि। pic.twitter.com/pzkCohndo0

— Congress (@INCIndia) October 31, 2022

Indira Gandhi's Assassination

Indira Gandhi, the daughter of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was elected as the prime minister for the first time in 1966 after Lal Bahadur Shastri's death. She was assassinated on October 31, 1984, by two of her bodyguards in retaliation for the military action at the Golden Temple as part of Operation Blue Star.

She was the president of the Indian National Congress before being elected as the prime minister.

She had also served as the Minister of Information and Broadcast in the Lal Bahadur Shastri government. Her birth anniversary is celebrated as National Integration Day to promote peace, unity, and integration among people.

She was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1971 and was also included in the 100 powerful women list by Time Magazine.

Tributes To Indira Gandhi & Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel In Bharat Jodo Yatra

 "Fifty-fourth day of Bharat Jodo Yatra began at Shadnagar at 5.30 AM. Bharat Yatris paid floral tributes to Sardar Patel and Indira Gandhi, and then observed two-minute silence in memory of those who died in the Morbi suspension bridge tragedy in Gujarat," senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh informed in a tweet.

Rahul Gandhi, who paid tribute to Indira Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary, resumed his foot march in Telangana and is expected to cover a distance of around 22 km, Congress party sources told the news agency PTI. 

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi paid floral tributes to former prime minister #IndiraGandhi on her death anniversary and #SardarVallabhbhaiPatel on his birth anniversary, in Telangana during Bharat Jodo Yatra.

(Pics Source: AICC) pic.twitter.com/TCS4ao61c9

— ANI (@ANI) October 31, 2022

This is the sixth day of the party's yatra in the state. The yatra resumed from the Shadnagar bus depot. The Congress members will stop at Papyrus Port, Kothur in the afternoon where Gandhi is set to hold a press conference. The yatra's night halt will be behind Zilla Parishad School, Thondapalli, Shamshabad.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra began on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. Gandhi has completed the marathon walk in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, before beginning the Telangana leg of the yatra last week.