New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 36th death anniversary. The then prime minister was assassinated by her bodyguards here in 1984.
“Tributes to our former PM Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji on her death anniversary,” Modi tweeted.
The prime minister had paid tribute to Gandhi in his monthly Mann ki Baat radio broadcast last Sunday as well. “On the 31st of October we lost former Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi. I most respectfully pay my tributes to her,” he said.
Tributes to our former PM Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji on her death anniversary.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 31, 2020
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid tributes to his grandmother and former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 36th death anniversary on Saturday. The then prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards in the national capital on this day in 1984.
“From the false to truth. From darkness to light. From death to life. Thank you Dadi for showing me what it means to live these words,” Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet and also posted a picture of the former prime minister.
asato mÄ sadgamaya
tamaso mÄ jyotirgamaya
máštyor mÄ amáštaáš gamayaFrom the false to truth.
From darkness to light.
From death to life.Thank you Dadi for showing me what it means to live these words. pic.twitter.com/PBvEeXotew
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 31, 2020
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also paid floral tributes to her grandmother Indira Gandhi at her memorial, “Shakti Sthal”, here.
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