Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (November 19) paid tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 105th birth anniversary. Several Congress leaders additionally remembered her on the event, as a part of which celebration leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi visited Shakti Sthal and paid tributes to her.
“On her birth anniversary, tributes to Smt. Indira Gandhi, India’s former Prime Minister,” PM Modi posted on X, previously Twitter.
Congress leaders pay tributes
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge stated that Indira Gandhi sacrificed every part for the nation.
“Our humble tribute to India’s first woman Prime Minister and our icon, Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary. In preserving the unity and integrity of India and making our country strong and progressive, she consistently displayed skillful leadership, true loyalty and strong willpower for India and sacrificed everything for the country,” Kharge posted on X.
While paying tributes to Indira Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi stated that she was the prime minister for the individuals, however to him, she was a grandmother and a instructor.
“For India, a people’s leader, Prime Minister. For me, my grandmother, my teacher. The values taught by you of dedication to the country and people are the strength of my every step, the strength of my thinking!” he posted.
Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary
Indira Gandhi was born on November 19, 1917, and left a mark in nationwide politics and served because the third Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and once more from 1980 till her assassination on October 31, 1984.
The nation’s first, and, to date, solely feminine prime minister, she emerged as a central determine in Indian politics because the chief of Congress.
The daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the primary prime minister of impartial India, Indira was succeded within the nation’s highest workplace by her son Rajiv Gandhi.
Her mixed tenure of 15 years and 350 days made her the second-longest-serving PM after her father.
(With ANI inputs)
