Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 76th birth anniversary today.
“On his birth anniversary, tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji,” PM Modi tweeted.
Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took the charge of PMO in October 1984. He served as the Prime Minister of India till December 2, 1989.
On his birth anniversary, tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 20, 2020
Born on 20 Aygust 1944, Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, May 1991.
At 40, Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India, perhaps even one of the youngest elected heads of Government in the world. Congress Party observes Former PM’s birth anniversary as ‘Sadbhavna Divas’.
The Congress leader Rahul Gandhi remembered his father and said “we miss him today and everyday”
Rajiv Gandhi was a man with a tremendous vision, far ahead of his times. But above all else, he was a compassionate and loving human being.
I am incredibly lucky and proud to have him as my father.
We miss him today and everyday. pic.twitter.com/jWUUZQklTi
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 20, 2020
(_VINAYAK)
