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PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi pay tribute to Indira Gandhi

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

PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi pay tribute to Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi (PHOTO: Facebook)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday 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.”


Remembering his grandmother, the Congress chief on Twitter wrote that she taught him so much 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.


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.’


On October 31, 1984, two of Indira Gandhi’s bodyguards — Satwant Singh and Beant Singh — gunned her down at her 1, Safdarjung Road residence here.

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