Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary: PM Modi Pays Tribute To Former PM, Rahul Remembers Father As ' Visionary Leader'
Meanwhile, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also paid homage to the former PM on Saturday by visiting Vir Bhumi in Delhi.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 31st death anniversary. Taking to Twitter, Modi wrote, “On his death anniversary, paying tributes to our former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi.”
On his death anniversary, paying tributes to our former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 21, 2022
Meanwhile, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also paid homage to the former PM on Saturday by visiting Vir Bhumi in Delhi.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, remembering his father, also took to Twitter to pay tribute to him. He wrote, “My father was a visionary leader whose policies helped shape modern India. He was a compassionate & kind man, and a wonderful father to me and Priyanka, who taught us the value of forgiveness and empathy. I dearly miss him and fondly remember the time we spent together.”
My father was a visionary leader whose policies helped shape modern India.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 21, 2022
He was a compassionate & kind man, and a wonderful father to me and Priyanka, who taught us the value of forgiveness and empathy.
I dearly miss him and fondly remember the time we spent together. pic.twitter.com/jjiLl8BpMs
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram and Sachin Pilot also visited the Vir Bhumi in the national capital.
Rajiv Gandhi was India’s youngest Prime Minister who took the charge in 1984 after the assassination of his mother and India’s former PM Indira Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi became the PM at the age of 40. He served as the PM till 1989.
Born on August 20 in 1944, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991.
Other senior Congress leaders also paid tribute to Rajiv Gandhi via Twitter on his death anniversary.
Paid my humble tribute to the heroic son of India, Bharat Ratna Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi at Veer Bhoomi.#RajivKranti_BharatJodo pic.twitter.com/SSPebhVTvR
— Srinivas BV (@srinivasiyc) May 21, 2022
A man with a mission to usher in modernity to our motherland, former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi was a brilliant statesman, a visionary leader and a true patriot dedicated to the service of our people.
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) May 21, 2022
On his death anniversary, my humblest tributes to our beloved leader. pic.twitter.com/8fqGrUxLs1
This picture tells why I choose to be in congress,Saluting our young and dynamic people’s Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi ji you will always be in our hearts 🙏
— Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka) (@seethakkaMLA) May 20, 2022
Forever indebted to congress ✊🏻#RajivGandhi @RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi @manickamtagore @revanth_anumula pic.twitter.com/eeER09DoGk
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