West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday remembered former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the latter’s 34th death anniversary and lauded her contribution to the nation’s economic development.

Mamata Banerjee tweeted from her Twitter handle, “A sincere tribute to former Prime Minister Indira ji on her death anniversary. We remember her great contribution to the nation and also her leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement, which she led by focussing on the relationship between disarmament and economic development.”

Sincere tribute to former Prime Minister Indira ji on her death anniversary. We remember her great contribution to the nation and also her leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement, which she led by focussing on the relationship between disarmament and economic development

Advertisement

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) October 30, 2018

Bengal Congress leaders and activists also paid homage to the leader through various programmes and discussions in the party offices across the state.

Senior leaders, including state Congress president Somen Mitra and leader of opposition Abdul Mannan, garlanded the photograph of Gandhi at the party headquarters in central Kolkata and took part in a forum on the leader’s contribution to the nation, party sources said.

Similar programmes were held in the Congress party offices across the districts.

Earlier on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi paid tributes to late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary.

Prime Minister Modi took to Twitter and wrote, “Tributes to our former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary.”

Tributes to our former Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 31, 2018

Remembering his grandmother, the Congress chief on Twitter wrote that she taught him a lot and gave him unending love.

“Remembering Dadi (grandma) today with a deep sense of happiness. She taught me so much and gave me unending love. She gave so much of herself to her people. I am very proud of her,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.

Remembering Dadi today with a deep sense of happiness. She taught me so much and gave me unending love. She gave so much of herself to her people. I am very proud of her.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 31, 2018

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi paid tributes to the late PM Indira Gandhi.

They paid floral tributes at the slain leader’s memorial at Shakti Sthal in New Delhi.

“Today we honour… the first female Prime Minister of India and one of the strongest leaders our country has seen,” the Congress party said.

“Through her premiership, our nation saw great victory, incredible development and most importantly upliftment of all sections of society,” the party tweeted.’

Indra Gandhi, India’s first woman Prime Minister, was born on 19 November 1917. On 31 October 1984, two of Indira Gandhi’s bodyguards — Satwant Singh and Beant Singh — gunned her down at her 1, Safdarjung Road residence in New Delhi.