Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Vijay Ghat on Tuesday to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 114th birth anniversary.

The Prime Minister also visited the Raj Ghat earlier to pay tributes to Mahatama Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.

In a tweet, PM Modi said former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri “epitomised strength and simplicity.”

Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji epitomised strength and simplicity. He led India at a crucial time and worked hard to make our nation more prosperous.

Today, on his Jayanti I paid tributes to Shastri Ji at Vijay Ghat. pic.twitter.com/oTie1KJ370

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 2, 2018

President Ram Nath Kovind also visited Vijay Ghat to pay his tributes to the former PM. He appreciated the role of former PM “In shaping of the Green Revolution”

#PresidentKovind paid tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri at Vijay Ghat on his birth anniversary pic.twitter.com/YdfRnHxOVE

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) October 2, 2018

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu called former PM “great son of our soil” and tweeted and attached photos from Vijay Ghat.

Paying tributes to the former Prime Minster and great son of our soil, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth Anniversary at Vijayghat in Delhi today. #LalBahadurShastri pic.twitter.com/I37rWcd5IT

— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) October 2, 2018

Congress President, Rahul Gandhi also paid tribute to Lal Bahaur Shastri on his 114th birth anniversary.

जय जवान-जय किसान के नारे के साथ देश की अगुवाई करने वाले श्री लाल बहादुर शास्त्री जी वास्तव में एक कर्मयोगी थे।

उन्होंने देश को सबसे ऊँचे पायदान पर रखा और त्याग-सादगी की मिसाल कायम कर हर चुनौती का सामना किया।

शास्त्रीजी से देश हमेशा प्रेरणा लेता रहेगा। #LalBahadurShashtri

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 2, 2018

Taking to Twitter, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also remembered the country’s second Prime Minister.

अपने एक ऐतिहासिक संदेश से सैनिकों और किसानों में ऊर्जा का संचार करने वाले सादगी और स्वच्छ राजनीति के प्रतीक पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री श्री लाल बहादुर शास्त्री जी की जयंती पर उन्हें शत् शत् नमन।

जय जवान- जय किसान।

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 2, 2018

Former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on October 2, 1904. He breathed his last on January 11, 1966 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan due to cardiac arrest.

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first person who was posthumously awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1966.